Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

    Item Description
    Identifier
    tula:etd
    Type
    Language
    Extent
    1 item
    Rights
    Copyright for all items in the Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection is held by the author, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.
    Displaying 1 - 1 of 1

    Results per page

    Displaying 1 - 1 of 1

    Playing the End: Tensions of the Apocalypse in Digital Games

    Year: 2025, 2025
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Yang, Yaochong, Thesis advisor (ths): Mitchell, Liam, Thesis advisor (ths): Epp, Michael, Degree committee member (dgc): Manning, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Lamarre, Thomas, Degree committee member (dgc): Pendleton Jimenez, Karleen, Degree committee member (dgc): Synenko, Joshua, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>This research examines the digital game through the subject of the Apocalypse, both in its literal revelatory form and its colloquial disaster form. To accomplish that, it employs Louis Althusser's concept of structural causality as a springboard for a structure-based interrogation of interlocked systems. Drawing a comparison between Ian Bogost's definition of black-box… more