Muerte e identidad en Final Fantasy IX

Abstract

Video games have been developed as an expressive medium which serves as a realistic reflection of different aspects of society. In this case, we are going to analyze how “death” and “identity” are conceived in the video game Final Fantasy IX. Our objetive, then, will be analyzing death within the story and, from this analysis, we will see how the characters’ identities are build. To do this, we will base our study in the field of semiotics, regarding both visual and sociological aspects, as the construction of identity is linked with the visual elements of the game and in contact with death and sociological relations. Thus, in the present article the role of the concepts of “death” and “identity” will be analyzed semiotically in the aforementioned video game and we will obtain conclusions about how these two elements have a reflection in the current society. Key words: video game, society, semiotics, sociology, identities