For the first project, I plan to use the “Play and the Player” prompt to explore the player’s relationship to both their character and to the game world in assorted RPG’s. In particular, I wish to examine how through the creation of an immersive game-world and play system a game temporarily creates a new identity for the player that subsumes the player’s real world identity for the duration of play. The game’s through which I plan on exploring this are open-world rpg’s like\u00a0Skyrim<\/em> and the\u00a0Fallout\u00a0<\/em>series, and more narrow rpgs like\u00a0Dragon Age<\/em>. A quick search uncovered a wealth of information on\u00a0Skyrim,\u00a0<\/em>with articles like “Unbroken Immersion: The Skyrim Experience” (Simkins, David, Seann Dikkers, and Elizabeth Owen. “Unbroken Immersion: The Skyrim Experience.”\u00a0Well Played–Vol. 2, No.<\/i>: 13.) being ubiquitous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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