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Difference between Computer and Cinema​

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What is the relationship between computer games and cinema? Spin-off games based on major

fi lm franchises are common, especially in genres such as science fi ction, action-adventure and

horror. Some games have also made the transition to the big screen, none more prominently than

the Tomb Raider series in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). The potential benefi ts of such tieins are apparent at the industrial level, in a global media economy in which games and cinema

often exist in the orbit of the same corporate giants. To what extent, though, is it useful to look

at games more closely in the light of cinema? The aim of this paper is to explore points of contact

between computer games and aspects of cinema, but also to highlight important differences and

distinctions. The main focus is on the formal/textual qualities of games in relation to cinema,

although reference is also made to aspects of industrial and broader cultural context. The paper

also considers some more general questions raised by the use of paradigms from one media form

in relation to another

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