Fiction series and video games: Transmedia and gamification in Contemporary Audiovisual discourses

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Video Game, TV Series, Transmedia, Fiction, Gamification.

Abstract

The connection between fiction series and video games is evident, and this relationship drives to new strategies to generate narratives within transmedia context. In this article we try to revise the connection between the two media through current productions, with the intention of identifying the contributions of the video game in the serial narrative universes. Within the context of the transmedia narrative discourses, strategies usually have emerged from the TV series to the video game. Currently this tendency is turning around, giving birth titles that have been fed from the video game as the primary source to draw up their storyline. Identifying the contributions of the video game to the transmedia ecosystem of contemporary audiovisual entertainment products, offers the chance to generate more attractive and innovative designs for the audience.

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Francisco Julián Martínez Cano, Universidad Miguel Hernández

Francisco Julián Martínez Cano es Licenciado en Bellas Artes por la Universidad Miguel Hernández, especializado en medios audiovisuales por la Universidad del País Vasco. Es profesor asociado del Departamento de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas de la Universidad Miguel Hernández, en el área de Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad. Miembro del grupo de investigación OCAP, sus líneas de investigación se centran en el cine y los videojuegos y la generación de nuevos modelos de productos audiovisuales de entretenimiento a partir de la aplicación de tecnologías de realidad virtual.

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2016-05-28

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Martínez Cano, F. J. (2016). Fiction series and video games: Transmedia and gamification in Contemporary Audiovisual discourses. index.Comunicación, 6(2), 287–295. Retrieved from https://indexcomunicacion.es/index.php/indexcomunicacion/article/view/245

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2016): TV Series. Ficciones de nuestro tiempo

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Communications to the Congress

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