Running head: FROM COUNTER-STRIKE TO COUNTER-STATEMENT 1 From Counter-Strike to Counter-Statement: Using Burke’s pentad as a tool for analyzing video games
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As video games increasingly become an important frame of reference and as they are more and more taken seriously in education and research, there is a growing need for a methodological tool for video game analysis. In this paper, rhetorical theory in general and pentadic analysis in particular are introduced as a useful approach to stimulate a critical approach of video games. A case study is presented in which a popular video game (BIOSHOCK) is analyzed using this rhetorical approach. It is argued that pentadic analysis can overcome a number of binary discussions within the contemporary field of video game criticism, and that it offers interesting perspectives for research and education (e.g. as a reflection tool).
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