On time compression and déjà vu: remastering, remaking, modding, and performing Final Fantasy

Darshana Jayemanne; Cameron Kunzelman

doi:10.1515/9783839471739-017

On time compression and déjà vu: remastering, remaking, modding, and performing Final Fantasy

Darshana Jayemanne, Cameron Kunzelman

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This chapter explores remasters, remakes, and mods with particular attention to Final Fantasy VIII Remastered. The performative and temporal dynamics of playing this game suggest a new approachtothe concept of performative multiplicity as outlined in Performativity in Art, Literature and Videogames (Jayemanne 2017), mediated by Paolo Virno’s discussion of déjà vu.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Live performance and videogames
Subtitle of host publication	inspirations, appropriations and mutual transfers
Editors	Réjane Dreifuss, Simon Hagemann, Izabella Pluta
Place of Publication	Bielefeld, Germany
Publisher	Transcript
Pages	237-253
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9783839471739
ISBN (Print)	9783837671735
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839471739-017
Publication status	Published - 27 Oct 2024

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Name	Theatre studies
Publisher	Transcript
Volume	165
ISSN (Print)	2700-3922
ISSN (Electronic)	2747-3198

Keywords

Déjà vu
Diachrony
Synchrony
Final Fantasy

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Jayemanne, D & Kunzelman, C 2024, On time compression and déjà vu: remastering, remaking, modding, and performing Final Fantasy. in R Dreifuss, S Hagemann & I Pluta (eds), Live performance and videogames: inspirations, appropriations and mutual transfers. Theatre studies, vol. 165, Transcript, Bielefeld, Germany, pp. 237-253. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839471739-017

On time compression and déjà vu: remastering, remaking, modding, and performing Final Fantasy. / Jayemanne, Darshana; Kunzelman, Cameron.
Live performance and videogames: inspirations, appropriations and mutual transfers. ed. / Réjane Dreifuss; Simon Hagemann; Izabella Pluta. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript, 2024. p. 237-253 (Theatre studies; Vol. 165).

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