P(l)aying for Love: Capitalizing on patterns ofcontemporary romance fiction in PlayMe Studio's MeChat
The presentation aims to analyze the ways in which PlayMe Studio's mobile dating simulator, MeChat (2021), engages with popular tropes and narrative structures of contemporary romance fiction, and how it utilizes them to encourage the player to perform loving behavior according to the popular patterns of romance, and in order to do so-purchase and spend in-game currency.
Authors
- Magdalena Bednorz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1354-750X)
Institutions
- University of the Humanities (MN)
- University of Silesia in Katowice (PL)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.26503/dl.v2025i3.2565
- Primary Topic
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00