Infra-ordinary Rewritings: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp as an Introductory Study

Johnathan Harrington

Infra-ordinary Rewritings: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp as an Introductory Study

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In this paper, I will attempt to situate the need for Georges Perec’s theory of the infraordinary within Game Studies, utilising Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp as a case study. I will start by briefly explaining and situating Perec’s theory, within both his literary and political background. This will be followed by a textual writing of a short infra-ordinary playthrough of Pocket Camp, specifically focused on five chosen ingame areas. Through this playthrough, I will attempt to show the value attained of an infra-ordinary playthrough within Pocket Camp.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DiGRA '18 - Proceedings of the 2018 DiGRA International Conference: The Game is the Message
Publisher	Digital Games Research Association
Pages	1-13
Number of pages	13
Publication status	Published - Jul 2018
Event	DiGRA 2018: The Game is the Message - Università di Torino, Turin, Italy Duration: 25 Jul 2018 → 28 Jul 2018 http://www.digra.org/digra-2018-the-game-is-the-message-cfp/ http://www.digra.org/digital-library/forums/digra-18/

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Name	DiGRA Proceedings
ISSN (Print)	2342-9666

Conference

Conference	DiGRA 2018
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Turin
Period	25/07/18 → 28/07/18
Internet address	http://www.digra.org/digra-2018-the-game-is-the-message-cfp/ http://www.digra.org/digital-library/forums/digra-18/

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Harrington, J 2018, Infra-ordinary Rewritings: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp as an Introductory Study. in DiGRA '18 - Proceedings of the 2018 DiGRA International Conference: The Game is the Message. DiGRA Proceedings, Digital Games Research Association, pp. 1-13, DiGRA 2018, Turin, Italy, 25/07/18. <http://www.digra.org/wp-content/uploads/digital-library/DIGRA_2018_paper_129.pdf>

Infra-ordinary Rewritings: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp as an Introductory Study. / Harrington, Johnathan.
DiGRA '18 - Proceedings of the 2018 DiGRA International Conference: The Game is the Message. Digital Games Research Association, 2018. p. 1-13 (DiGRA Proceedings).

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Infra-ordinary Rewritings: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp as an Introductory Study

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