Throwing out the League from League: a case of a plot reboot and the questions it poses Cover Image

Да изхвърлим лигата от „Лигата“: за един случай на сюжетно пренаписване и въпросите, които той поставя
Throwing out the League from League: a case of a plot reboot and the questions it poses

Author(s): Nikolay Genov
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Education, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music, Photography, Visual Arts, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Communication studies, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Philology, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: league of legends; lore reboot; narrative frame; moba

Summary/Abstract: The paper takes advantage of the lore reboot which the popular computer game League of Legends received. It delves into problems of genre and revisits the role of story in the contemporary video games industry. Its main aim is to discuss the theory behind the principles of play in MOBAs, explore the game’s narrative frames, and speculate about the future merging of cultural and market forms through the use of fiction.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 37-50
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Bulgarian