Comedy in the Ludonarrative of Video Games

Oskari Kallio; Masood Masoodian

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-99426-0_10

Comedy in the Ludonarrative of Video Games

Oskari Kallio, Masood Masoodian^*

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Abstract

Although humor is a prevalent component of numerous video games, thus far it has not been recognized as an established genre of its own. Comedy—the deliberate act to harness and perform humor—represents one, but an important segment of the emotional range that video games should aspire to cover. The challenge, however, lies in attempting to analyse various elements contributing to comedy, particularly with the inclusion of interactively as a fundamental element of video games. In this paper, we propose using the concept of ludonarrative as the basis for analysing comedy in video games. We approach ludonarrative comedy through examples that illustrate trends which can be discerned from games that introduce humor through their narrative and ludic (gameplay-related) elements.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2018 - 17th IFIP TC 14 International Conference, Held at the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2018, Proceedings
Editors	Esteban Clua, Licinio Roque, Artur Lugmayr, Pauliina Tuomi
Pages	115-126
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-99426-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99426-0_10
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	International Conference on Entertainment Computing - Poznan, Poland Duration: 17 Sep 2018 → 20 Sep 2018 Conference number: 17 http://www.ifip-icec.org/ http://wcc2018.put.poznan.pl/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	11112 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Entertainment Computing
Abbreviated title	ICEC
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Poznan
Period	17/09/2018 → 20/09/2018
Other	Held at the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2018
Internet address	http://www.ifip-icec.org/ http://wcc2018.put.poznan.pl/

Keywords

Comedy
Computer games
Humor
Ludology
Ludonarrative
Narrative
Narratology
Video games

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Kallio, O., & Masoodian, M. (2018). Comedy in the Ludonarrative of Video Games. In E. Clua, L. Roque, A. Lugmayr, & P. Tuomi (Eds.), Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2018 - 17th IFIP TC 14 International Conference, Held at the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2018, Proceedings (pp. 115-126). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11112 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99426-0_10

Kallio, Oskari ; Masoodian, Masood. / Comedy in the Ludonarrative of Video Games. Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2018 - 17th IFIP TC 14 International Conference, Held at the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2018, Proceedings. editor / Esteban Clua ; Licinio Roque ; Artur Lugmayr ; Pauliina Tuomi. 2018. pp. 115-126 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Kallio, O & Masoodian, M 2018, Comedy in the Ludonarrative of Video Games. in E Clua, L Roque, A Lugmayr & P Tuomi (eds), Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2018 - 17th IFIP TC 14 International Conference, Held at the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2018, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 11112 LNCS, pp. 115-126, International Conference on Entertainment Computing, Poznan, Poland, 17/09/2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99426-0_10

Comedy in the Ludonarrative of Video Games. / Kallio, Oskari; Masoodian, Masood.

Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2018 - 17th IFIP TC 14 International Conference, Held at the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2018, Proceedings. ed. / Esteban Clua; Licinio Roque; Artur Lugmayr; Pauliina Tuomi. 2018. p. 115-126 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11112 LNCS).

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Kallio O, Masoodian M. Comedy in the Ludonarrative of Video Games. In Clua E, Roque L, Lugmayr A, Tuomi P, editors, Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2018 - 17th IFIP TC 14 International Conference, Held at the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2018, Proceedings. 2018. p. 115-126. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99426-0_10

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