World of Warcraft dramaturgical approach: A drama that plays with its own limits

Victor Cayres; Adolfo Duran

World of Warcraft dramaturgical approach

A drama that plays with its own limits

Authors

Victor Cayres CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil
Adolfo Duran Federal University of Bahia

Keywords:

videogames, World of Warcraft, MMORPG, RPG tradition

Abstract

Video games Dramaturgical models are not thoroughly mapped yet. In this context, even a computer game like World of Warcraft lacks dramaturgical analysis. In this paper, we analyse World of Warcraft under a dramaturgical perspective. We support that the dramaturgic composition of World of Warcraft is structured in order to allow game expansions. This means that World of Warcraft is dramaturgically built to incorporate new characters and to expand fictional time and space to create new game experiences.