This thesis is about power relations behind the development of historically themed videogames set in the Global South. The thesis has taken into account games released in the Western World as well...Show moreThis thesis is about power relations behind the development of historically themed videogames set in the Global South. The thesis has taken into account games released in the Western World as well as in the Global South between 2000 and 2020. The main argument is that historically themed videogames set and developed in the Global South do not have the power to add to, differ from or change the representations made about their countries in the Western World.Show less
This thesis argues that the anime Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and the manga Fullmetal Alchemist -- boths mediums usually not associated with the Fantasy genre-- share many of its tropes with...Show moreThis thesis argues that the anime Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and the manga Fullmetal Alchemist -- boths mediums usually not associated with the Fantasy genre-- share many of its tropes with the Western genre of Fantasy, and that this helps to explain this anime and manga's tremendous popularity among Western audiences not necessarily drawn to the two Japanese mediums as such. The argumentation is built around an inventory of such tropes; with an in-depth look at eleven of these.Show less
