“A Definition of Enchantment”: A New Approach to the Analysis of Magic Systems in Fantasy Games
Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media
Published online on January 02, 2025
Abstract
Games and Culture, Volume 21, Issue 5, Page 1111-1131, July 2026.
Game scholars have critiqued ludic magic systems for their rational, quantifiable, and wonderless nature. Yet, despite the magic system's prevalence in modern games, the field of game studies lacks a formal theoretical framework to analyze how these ...
Game scholars have critiqued ludic magic systems for their rational, quantifiable, and wonderless nature. Yet, despite the magic system's prevalence in modern games, the field of game studies lacks a formal theoretical framework to analyze how these ...