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Choosing love: performances of romance in mobile dating simulation games

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dc.contributor.authorMartinez, El, author
dc.contributor.authorElkins, Evan, advisor
dc.contributor.authorDiffrient, Scott, committee member
dc.contributor.authorMartey, Rosa, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-29T10:16:14Z
dc.date.available2022-08-29T10:16:14Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractWith the launch of the Android app store in 2008, mobile gaming has occupied a surging niche in the video game market. While considerable scholarly attention has been paid to video games, with mobile games enjoying a portion of that attention, the study of dating simulation games is still emerging. Further, almost all existing scholarship on dating simulation games focuses on console- or computer-based games. This thesis aims to fill that gap by analyzing how dating simulation conventions translate onto mobile devices. What changes when a new platform, with its own conventions and affordances, is introduced? Through textual analysis of gameplay mechanics, visual style, and narrative, I examine how popular mobile dating simulation games offered through the Android app store construct and restrict player access to romance on the axes of time and money. Ultimately, I argue that the ways time and money flow on the mobile device afford unique performances of romance while foreclosing others, apart from their progenitors on consoles and PCs.
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dc.identifierMartinez_colostate_0053N_17374.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/235630
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2020-
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dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectromance
dc.subjectdating simulation games
dc.subjectvideo games
dc.subjectmobile games
dc.titleChoosing love: performances of romance in mobile dating simulation games
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thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication Studies
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)

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