The White Peril: Colonial Expressions in Digital Games
This article studies expressions of orientalism and white supremacy through analyses of action-adventure games. It will discuss the historical bias of the adventure genre and its connection with orientalism and white supremacy, followed by framing them in a digital games' context. It is expecte...
| Published in: | Gamevironments |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Gamevironments
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| Further subjects: | B
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B Simulation B Colonialism B Representation B White Supremacy B Orientalism B Digital Games |
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| Summary: | This article studies expressions of orientalism and white supremacy through analyses of action-adventure games. It will discuss the historical bias of the adventure genre and its connection with orientalism and white supremacy, followed by framing them in a digital games' context. It is expected to enrich the discourse of colonialism in media by providing a systematic conceptualization of colonialist expression in digital games. This article ultimately aims to map the positions of action-adventure games, orientalism, and white supremacy as building blocks of colonialist narratives, their causes, and contexts, while also offering a critical reading of digital games' colonialism. |
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| ISSN: | 2364-382X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Gamevironments
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.48783/gameviron.v18i18.174 |