nintendo and the new digital mythology
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NINTENDO AND THE NEW
DIGITAL MYTHOLOGY
Christopher Michael Yap
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
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Christopher Michael Yap クリストファー・マイケル・ヤップ
• From: Honolulu, Hawaii USA
• Education: University of Hawaii, Manoa
• Undergraduate Studies: English Literature (英文学)
• Nara Institute of Science and Technology (奈良先端科学技術大学院大)
• Interactive Narrative / Emergent Narrative
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Dungeon Map
• Chapter 1: Why is Storytelling Essential?
• Chapter 2: Mythology Until Now
• Chapter 3: Digital Mythology: The Old and the New
• Chapter 4: The Mysterious Mountain Path
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Why is
Storytelling
Essential to Us?
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To Preserve and Maintain Identity
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STORIES CONNECT
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Stories are the
realities we create
for ourselves
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ONE OF THE MOST ENDURING FORMS IS...
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REMINDER THAT WE CAN SHAPE OUR OWN
DESTINY
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THE GOALS OF MYTH THROUGH
GAMES
• Player is passive observer active
participant
• Ownership/Authorship of the tale
passes to the player
• Player manifests as the Hero
• Myth becomes the story of the Player
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= Immersive
Properties
of Game
Worlds
Power to
create
indelible
Narrative
Experience
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THE POWER OF GAMES FOR
MYTH
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Logic Reason Order
Analysis Science Control
Freedom Creativity Passion Chaos
Imagination Feeling
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Stories Tech
Creativity Ingenuity
Digital
Mythology
Of
Our Time
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LEGENDS
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EPIC STRUGGLES
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ODES TO THE FALLEN
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The mythology (in and) of Games is there to remind of us that we have the strength and goodness in ourselves to win.
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SONGS OF VICTORY
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What’s this?
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???
“THE MYSTERIOUS ROAD…”
Where does
this lead?
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It leads to the here and now...
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It leads to a future for Japan Game Studies. I hope that it’s a future that we can all explore together.
Let’s talk!
https://www.facebook.com/smartbad80
@Smart_Bad
www.chris-yap.com
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