The Hero's Journey has been overused and abused in videogame writing for decades. We discuss Stephanie C. Jennings' tracing of the authoritarian heart of the monomyth from a reading of Horizon Zero Dawn to GamerGate. We also talk about one of the most hyped games of the last few months, the cyberpunk cat game Stray.
Jennings, Stephanie C. (2022). 'Only You Can Save the World (of Videogames): Authoritarian Agencies in the Heroism of Videogame Design, Play, and Culture'. Convergence, vol. 28, issue 2. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565221079157
BlueTwelve Studio. (2022). Stray. Published by Annapurna Interactive.
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