Caracciolo, Marco, <br/><br/>
On Soulsring Worlds :  narrative complexity, digital communities, and interpretation in Dark Souls and Elden Ring / 
Marco Caracciolo. 
 - Abingdon, Oxon ;  New York, NY :  Routledge,  2024. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Routledge advances in game studies .
<br/><br/> "The first book-length study devoted to FromSoftware games, On Soulsring Worlds explores how the Dark Souls series and Elden Ring are able to reconcile extreme difficulty in both gameplay and narrative with broad appeal. Arguing that the games are strategically positioned in relation to contemporary audiences and designed to tap into the new forms of interpretation afforded by digital media, the author situates the games vis-à-vis a number of current debates, including the posthuman and the ethics of gameplay. The book delivers an object lesson on the value of narrative (and) complexity in digital play and in the interpretive practices it gives rise to. Cross-fertilizing narrative theory, game studies, and nonhuman-oriented philosophy, this book will appeal to students and scholars of game studies, media studies, narratology and video game ethnography"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781032684024 103268402X 9781040018163 1040018165 9781040018149 1040018149 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4324/9781032684024  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Dark souls (Video game)<br/>Elden Ring (Video game)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Video games--Design.<br/>Narration (Rhetoric)--Philosophy.<br/>Video games--Moral and ethical aspects.<br/>GAMES / Video & Electronic<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>794.8