캐주얼 게임의 부상: 향수를 넘어 소통으로

• 영문명: The Rise of the Casual games: for the Communication beyond Nostalgia
• 발행기관: 한국컴퓨터게임학회
• 저자명: 길태숙(Kihl Tae suk)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국컴퓨터게임학회논문지』제27권 3호, 193~201쪽, 전체 9쪽
• 주제분류: 공학 > 컴퓨터학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2014.09.30

영문 초록

This study presents the popularization phenomena of casual games in Korean society by analyzing them in terms of 'nostalgia' and 'communication'. Casual games refer games that can be played in steps with least amount of knowledge such as 'Ani-Pang', 'Everyone's Marble' , 'Dragon's Flight' and etc. The games are published through SNS(Social Network Service), and they are also popular to 40 middle-aged class in Korea nowadays. However, these popular games are retro games that utilized original games' elements and characteristics such as 'Bejeweled' and 'Xevious' which was popular in the 80-90s. The reason why common players in 40s play retro games in SNS is to possess happiness formed with nostalgia imagery by public. In addition, the retro games allow people's communication by incorporated into social network as a member through game playing. As a result, popularization of casual games through SNS focused on common players in 40s is related to nostalgia. And the characteristics of nostalgia can be seen not only as a pleasure realization of desire but also as a tendency that shows desire of community recovery and acquisition of identity within the community.

목차

1. 서론

2. 미디어의 발달과 향수 개념의 확장

3. 게임의 복고 현상

4. 향수에서 게임 커뮤니티로

4. 결 론

감사의 글

참고문헌

키워드

Casual Game Nostalgia Communication SNS Retro trend