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The World of Final Fantasy VII
Essays on the Game and Its Legacy
Taschenbuch von Craig T. Olsen
Sprache: Englisch

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Final Fantasy VII altered the course of video game history when it was released in 1997 on Sony's PlayStation system. It converted the Japanese role-playing game into an international gaming standard with enhanced gameplay, spectacular cutscenes and a vast narrative involving an iconic cast. In the decades after its release, the Final Fantasy VII franchise has grown to encompass a number of video game sequels, prequels, a feature-length film, a novel and a multi-volume remake series.
This volume, the first edited collection of essays devoted only to the world of Final Fantasy VII, blends scholarly rigor with fan passion in order to identify the elements that keep Final Fantasy VII current and exciting for players. Some essays specifically address the game's perennially relevant themes and scenarios, ranging from environmental consciousness to economic inequity and posthumanism. Others examine the mechanisms used to immerse the player or to improve the narrative. Finally, there are several essays devoted specifically to the game's legacy, from its influence on later games to its characters' many crossovers and cameos.
Final Fantasy VII altered the course of video game history when it was released in 1997 on Sony's PlayStation system. It converted the Japanese role-playing game into an international gaming standard with enhanced gameplay, spectacular cutscenes and a vast narrative involving an iconic cast. In the decades after its release, the Final Fantasy VII franchise has grown to encompass a number of video game sequels, prequels, a feature-length film, a novel and a multi-volume remake series.
This volume, the first edited collection of essays devoted only to the world of Final Fantasy VII, blends scholarly rigor with fan passion in order to identify the elements that keep Final Fantasy VII current and exciting for players. Some essays specifically address the game's perennially relevant themes and scenarios, ranging from environmental consciousness to economic inequity and posthumanism. Others examine the mechanisms used to immerse the player or to improve the narrative. Finally, there are several essays devoted specifically to the game's legacy, from its influence on later games to its characters' many crossovers and cameos.
Über den Autor
Jason C. Cash is an associate professor at SUNY Delhi, where he teaches literature, composition, and film. His research interests include Irish fiction and video game narrative. He lives in Oneonta, New York. Craig T. Olsen is an associate professor and director of the writing center at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. His areas of research include gaming literacy, music and storytelling within video games, multimodality, digital spaces, writing centers, and creative rhetoric. Series editor Matthew Wilhelm Kapell teaches American studies, anthropology, and writing at Pace University in New York.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Editors' Note

Introduction: Let's Mosey

Jason C. Cash

Disc 1: Narrative

The Bringer of Light Becomes the Fallen Angel: Sephiroth, Lucifer, and Frankenstein's Creature

Ceschino P. Brooks de Vita

Angelus ex Machina: Economic and Environmental Justice in the Compilation of Final Fantasy

Jason C. Cash

The Death of Aerith: Traumatic Femininity and Japan's Postwar Modernity

Yasheng She

Fragile Materials: Memory and Ecology in Final Fantasy

Nickk Hertzog

Disc 2: Player Experience

"A body hast thou prepared me": Algorithmic Suture, Gamic Memory, and (Co-)creating a Rhetorical Network of ­Identity-Trauma in Final Fantasy

Samuel Stinson

Final FantaSi' VII: ­Role-Playing the ­Eco-Ethics of Laudato si'

Gregory D. Jones, Jr.

"Action combat trash": Final Fantasy VII Remake, Control, and Combat Nostalgia

Indira Neill Hoch

Disc 3: Legacy

Very Superstitious Spoilers on the Wall: A Deep Read of Fan Reactions to Tragedy in Final Fantasy

Craig T. Olsen

"Because, you are ... a puppet": How Final Fantasy VII Anticipated the "Posthuman Turn"

Nicholas Langenberg

Square's Lifestream: Examining the Impact of Final Fantasy VII Characters Across the Gaming World

Carlos Cruz

The Timelessness of Final Fantasy

Kathleen Morrissey

Conclusion: Where the Rail Takes

Craig T. Olsen

About the Contributors

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Spielen & Raten
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 238
Reihe: Studies in Gaming
ISBN-13: 9781476681863
ISBN-10: 1476681864
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Olsen, Craig T.
Hersteller: McFarland
Studies in Gaming
Maße: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Craig T. Olsen
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.01.2023
Gewicht: 0,393 kg
Artikel-ID: 129313812
Über den Autor
Jason C. Cash is an associate professor at SUNY Delhi, where he teaches literature, composition, and film. His research interests include Irish fiction and video game narrative. He lives in Oneonta, New York. Craig T. Olsen is an associate professor and director of the writing center at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. His areas of research include gaming literacy, music and storytelling within video games, multimodality, digital spaces, writing centers, and creative rhetoric. Series editor Matthew Wilhelm Kapell teaches American studies, anthropology, and writing at Pace University in New York.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Editors' Note

Introduction: Let's Mosey

Jason C. Cash

Disc 1: Narrative

The Bringer of Light Becomes the Fallen Angel: Sephiroth, Lucifer, and Frankenstein's Creature

Ceschino P. Brooks de Vita

Angelus ex Machina: Economic and Environmental Justice in the Compilation of Final Fantasy

Jason C. Cash

The Death of Aerith: Traumatic Femininity and Japan's Postwar Modernity

Yasheng She

Fragile Materials: Memory and Ecology in Final Fantasy

Nickk Hertzog

Disc 2: Player Experience

"A body hast thou prepared me": Algorithmic Suture, Gamic Memory, and (Co-)creating a Rhetorical Network of ­Identity-Trauma in Final Fantasy

Samuel Stinson

Final FantaSi' VII: ­Role-Playing the ­Eco-Ethics of Laudato si'

Gregory D. Jones, Jr.

"Action combat trash": Final Fantasy VII Remake, Control, and Combat Nostalgia

Indira Neill Hoch

Disc 3: Legacy

Very Superstitious Spoilers on the Wall: A Deep Read of Fan Reactions to Tragedy in Final Fantasy

Craig T. Olsen

"Because, you are ... a puppet": How Final Fantasy VII Anticipated the "Posthuman Turn"

Nicholas Langenberg

Square's Lifestream: Examining the Impact of Final Fantasy VII Characters Across the Gaming World

Carlos Cruz

The Timelessness of Final Fantasy

Kathleen Morrissey

Conclusion: Where the Rail Takes

Craig T. Olsen

About the Contributors

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Spielen & Raten
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 238
Reihe: Studies in Gaming
ISBN-13: 9781476681863
ISBN-10: 1476681864
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Olsen, Craig T.
Hersteller: McFarland
Studies in Gaming
Maße: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Craig T. Olsen
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.01.2023
Gewicht: 0,393 kg
Artikel-ID: 129313812
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