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Tell Me Why (2020 game)
emotions
game studies
gameplay mechanics
trans representation in games
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Abstrakt
The article discusses selected aspects of the 2020 game Tell Me Why, focusing on particular gameplay mechanics pertaining to player choices and the manner in which they influence player emotions, as well as on the representation of trans experience in the game. The authors draw both on affect theory and on approaches derived from game studies concerning the presence of emotions in gameplay. In the final part of the text, trans representation in Tell Me Why is analysed and juxtaposed with the readings typically found in the game’s reviews.
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Tell Me Why (Don’t Nod Entertainment, 2020)
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Prawa autorskie (c) 2023 Katarzyna Marak, Nelly Strehlau
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