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Mela Kocher

Mela Kocher (PhD), born in 1972. After publishing her dissertation in 2007 on aesthetics and narratology in video games, she spent two years on a post-doc project at the University of California, San Diego. Today she works as senior researcher in game design at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).

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Narrative Mechanics

Narrative Mechanics

Strategies and Meanings in Games and Real Life
  • Suter, Beat
  • Bauer, René
  • Kocher, Mela
  • (eds.)

What do stories in games have in common with political narratives? The book identifies narrative strategies as mechanisms for meaning and manipulation in games and real life.

Erscheinungstermin: 01. Mai 2021

Games and Rules

Games and Rules

Game Mechanics for the »Magic Circle«
  • Suter, Beat
  • Kocher, Mela
  • Bauer, René
  • (eds.)

Why do we play games? What are the rules for the Magic Circle? This book takes a closer look at the motivational system that is the game mechanics.

Erscheinungstermin: 01. März 2019

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