nam 22 uu 4500 duepublico_mods_00000242 duepublico_mods_00000242 ger DE-601 rda ger 800 sdnb Backe, Hans-Joachim Author aut Playing with Identity. Authors, Narrators, Avatars, and Players in The Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide Backe, Hans-Joachim;Thon, Jan-Noël text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier This article offers a comparative analysis of Davey Wreden’s ;The Stanley Parable (Wreden 2011 / Galactic Cafe 2013) and The Beginner’s Guide (Everything Unlimited Ltd. 2015) in order to explore the interrelation of authors, narrators, avatars, and players as four salient functions in the play with identity that videogames afford. Building on theories of collective and collaborative authorship, of narratives and narrators across media, and of the avatar-player relationship, the article reconstructs the similarities and differences between the way in which The Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide position their players in relation to the two games’ avatars, narrators, and (main) author, while also underscoring how both The Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide use metareferential strategies to undermine any overly rigid conceptualization of these functions and their interrelation. article Thon, Jan-Noël Author aut Fakultät für Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften DIEGESIS Jg. 8 (2019) H. 2 host institution his 8:2<1 Fakultät für Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften, DIEGESIS Diegesis 2195-2116 duepublico_mods_00000079 https://elpub.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/receive/duepublico_mods_00000242 object in context https://elpub.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/duepublico_derivate_00000607/dej19080201.pdf raw object https://elpub.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/rsc/thumbnail/duepublico_mods_00000242.png preview https://elpub.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/receive/duepublico_mods_00000242 uri