Features of the “walkthrough” genre in video game journalism (using the example of the portal “StopGame.ru”)
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-10-298-304
Abstract
The game industry gets more and more people interested every year. Gaming journalism, which aims at describing and discussing video games, deals with the coverage of events that take place in the computer games industry and is a demanded field of journalism. Also, gaming journalism has a unique audience, which is characterized by an interest in new technologies and increased interactivity. Such a field of journalism is characterized by genre diversity, but the present paper focuses on a unique genre – walkthrough. In the following, the specific features of the genre will be considered, the publications will be analyzed, as well as the relevance of this genre in modern Russian game journalism will be shown.
About the Author
V. I. LeonovRussian Federation
Vladislav I. Leonov, student
6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, 125993
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Supplementary files
For citation: Leonov V.I. Features of the “walkthrough” genre in video game journalism (using the example of the portal “StopGame.ru”). RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2020;(10(2)):298-304. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-10-298-304
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