Disco Pinball: Declining Games and Depression in Disco Elysium

IF 2.4 2区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Games and Culture Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI:10.1177/15554120241240018

Ryan Banfi

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Abstract

This essay examines the influence of the pinball industry's late twentieth-century decline on Disco Elysium's (ZA/UM, 2019) narrative. Reference points to pinball must be sought out in Disco Elysium as they are hidden, but once found they implore the player to consider the downfall of games. Gleaning from academic work on ZA/UM's text, archival research, pinball history, and by using formal narrative analysis this paper explains how the downturn of the pinball industry conveys Disco Elysium's political strife—namely capitalism's detrimental influence on the fictional district of Martinaise.

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迪斯科弹球迪斯科极乐世界中日渐式微的游戏和抑郁症

本文探讨了弹球产业在二十世纪末的衰落对《迪斯科极乐世界》（ZA/UM，2019）叙事的影响。在《迪斯科极乐世界》中，必须寻找弹球的参照点，因为它们是隐藏的，但一旦找到，它们就会恳求玩家思考游戏的衰落。本文从ZA/UM的文本、档案研究、弹球史等学术研究中汲取素材，并通过形式叙事分析，解释了弹球业的衰退如何传达了《迪斯科极乐世界》的政治纷争--即资本主义对虚构的马蒂纳斯区的有害影响。

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期刊介绍： Games and Culture publishes innovative theoretical and empirical research about games and culture within the context of interactive media. The journal serves as a premiere outlet for groundbreaking and germinal work in the field of game studies. The journal"s scope includes the sociocultural, political, and economic dimensions of gaming from a wide variety of perspectives, including textual analysis, political economy, cultural studies, ethnography, critical race studies, gender studies, media studies, public policy, international relations, and communication studies.