背景检查:在CRPG角色创造者中解开阶级,种族和性别
Michael Iantorno1, Mia Consalvo1
1Communication Studies, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
概括
本研究探讨了社会经济阶级和种族刻板印象如何嵌入到幻想角色扮演游戏如Arcanum和Dragon Age的角色创造者界面中. 它揭示了游戏开发人员如何使用这些元素来塑造玩家对身份和社会层次的看法.
科学领域:
- 数字游戏研究数字游戏研究
- 媒体研究 媒体研究
- 媒体社会学 媒体社会学
背景情况:
- 角色背景是幻想角色扮演游戏中关键的可定制元素.
- 现实世界的社会经济阶级标记和种族刻板印象通常与虚构的种族有关.
- 在数字游戏研究中,阶级是身份的一个研究不足的方面.
研究的目的:
- 分析数字游戏界面中社会经济阶级的构建.
- 仔细检查现实世界的阶级和种族刻板印象与游戏中的虚构种族的关联.
- 调查角色创造者界面如何反映和加强更广泛的社会偏见.
主要方法:
- 叙事元素的文档,机械效益,以及角色背景的可用性.
- 在Arcanum: Of Steamworks和Magick Obscura和Dragon Age: Origins中对角色创建器界面的比较分析.
- 整合身份研究,媒体刻板印象和类型分析的理论框架.
主要成果:
- 在分析的游戏中,角色的背景表现出与社会经济阶级和种族刻板印象相关的层次结构.
- 像兽人,矮人和精灵这样的虚构种族经常与特定的阶级标记和刻板印象有关.
- 角色创造者界面积极构建并向玩家展示社会经济阶级.
结论:
- 游戏开发人员通过角色创造者设计来延续现实世界的社会经济和种族偏见.
- 了解这些嵌入式偏见对于对数字游戏及其文化影响进行批判性分析至关重要.
- 需要进一步研究数字媒体中的阶级身份的未被研究的轴.
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