O videogame como desejo de simulação : dois gêneros de jogos virtuais em perspectiva

Abstract

Considering the action-adventure and RPG (with elements from the genre shooter) video games as transpositions of dramatic representation (the role playing), this Master's thesis aims to analyze the game as a virtual media for simulation and as a contemporary form of art, bringing forth a new possible model to the reception of artwork, the game itself being a form of art. Thus, the game is taken as an anthropological phenomenon, producing a new perspective of thinking created not only by the game, but also for all media related to computers (ubiquitous media). In this sense, the concepts of drama will be reviewed, especially the elements focused on dramatic play that takes place in the staging, and on game, moving to the reflections on the implementation of the non-virtual system of games to the virtual environment, and also the points of contact and of withdraw between them, namely, the character/avatar, particularly, with theoretical application to the selected games: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Fallout 3.