TY - BOOK AU - Suter, Beat AU - Bauer, René AU - Kocher, Mela ED - Suter, Beat ED - Bauer, René ED - Kocher, Mela AB - What do stories in games have in common with political narratives? This book identifies narrative strategies as mechanisms for meaning and manipulation in games and real life. It shows that the narrative mechanics so clearly identifiable in games are increasingly used (and abused) in politics and social life. They have »many faces«, displays and interfaces. They occur as texts, recipes, stories, dramas in three acts, movies, videos, tweets, journeys of heroes, but also as rewarding stories in games and as narratives in society - such as a career from rags to riches, the concept of modernity or market economy. Below their surface, however, narrative mechanics are a particular type of motivational design - of game mechanics. DO - 10.14361/9783839453452 ID - OAPEN ID: ONIX_20210621_9783839453452_6 ID - OAPEN ID: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49637 KW - Games KW - Game Studies KW - Game Design KW - Media KW - Culture KW - Popular Culture KW - Computer Games KW - Media Aesthetics KW - Digital Media KW - Media Studies L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49637/1/9783839453452.pdf L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49637/1/9783839453452.pdf LA - English LK - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70893 PB - transcript Verlag PP - Bielefeld PY - 2021 SN - 9783839453452 SN - 9783837653458 TI - Narrative Mechanics : Strategies and Meanings in Games and Real Life ER -