| Description |
When looking through current research on games, few studies look at the impacts they can have on people's perceptions of another culture. Due to culturally important stories being made into games, potentially by people not from the original culture, there can be miscommunications of significant moments, and could lead to a loss of meaning. This thesis investigates Smite by Hi-Rez Studios and their interpretation of Guan Yu, a major character from the classic Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This analysis will show that Smite's interpretation of Guan Yu is faithful to the one found in the Chinese classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms, except for the ancillary lore given in the game. |
