Exploring the official and unofficial paratexts of Chinese indie video games on Steam Pages

References

1. Aixelá, Javier F.
   1996 “Culture-Specific Items in Translation.” InTranslation, Power, Subversion, byRomán Alvarez, and M. Carmen-Africa Vidal, –. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
   [Google Scholar]
2. Aronczyk, Melissa
   2017 “Portal or Police? The Limits of Promotional Paratexts.” Critical Studies in Media Communication. 10.1080/15295036.2017.1289545
   https://doi.org/10.1080/15295036.2017.1289545 [Google Scholar]
3. Batchelor, Kathryn
   2018 Translation and Paratexts (1st ed.) Abingdon: Routledge. 10.4324/9781351110112
   https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351110112 [Google Scholar]
4. Berthouzoz, Marie
   2019 Localization choices in indie games: A study on the influencing factors [Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Geneva].
   [Google Scholar]
5. Boni, Martha
   2016 “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Paratexts in a Flexible World.” InThe Politics of Ephemeral Digital Media: Permanence and Obsolescence in Paratexts, bySara Pesce and Paolo Noto, –. New York and London: Routledge.
   [Google Scholar]
6. Bourdieu, Pierre
   1986 “The Forms of Capital.” InHandbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education, byJohn G. Richardson, –. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
   [Google Scholar]
7. Cai, Rong
   2005 “Gender Imaginations in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the Wuxia World.” Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique, (): –. 10.1215/10679847‑13‑2‑441
   https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-13-2-441 [Google Scholar]
8. Cao, Qilin
   2021 “Accommodating Paratextual Theory to Born-digital Literature Translation: A Case Study of “Wuxiaworld”.” Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies, (): –. 10.1080/23306343.2021.1957346
   https://doi.org/10.1080/23306343.2021.1957346 [Google Scholar]
9. Capellini, Thomas
   2021 Crowdsourced translation in indie game localization. Case study: the community translation of Finding Paradise. [Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Geneva].
   [Google Scholar]
10. Carter, Marcus
    2015 “Emitexts and Paratexts: Propaganda in EVE Online.” Games and Culture, (): –. 10.1177/1555412014558089
    https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412014558089 [Google Scholar]
11. Chandler, Heather Maxwell
    2020 The Game Production Toolbox. Boca Raton: CRC Press. 10.1201/9780429440021
    https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429440021 [Google Scholar]
12. Cho, Eunil D.
    2021 “From the Yellow Peril to the Model Minority and Back Again: Unraveling the Orientalist Representations of Asian Americans in the Age of Covid-19.” Journal of Pastoral Theology, (): –. 10.1080/10649867.2021.1929711
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10649867.2021.1929711 [Google Scholar]
13. Clarke, M. J., and Cynthia Wang
    2020 Indie Games in the Digital Age. 1st ed.New York/London: Bloomsbury Publishing. 10.5040/9781501356421
    https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501356421 [Google Scholar]
14. Consalvo, Mia
    2007 Cheating: Gaining Advantage in Videogames. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press. 10.7551/mitpress/1802.001.0001
    https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/1802.001.0001 [Google Scholar]
15. Consalvo, Mia
    2009 “There is No Magic Circle.” Games and Culture, (): –. 10.1177/1555412009343575
    https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412009343575 [Google Scholar]
16. Consalvo, Mia
    2017 “When Paratexts Become Texts: De-centering the Game-as-text.” Critical Studies in Media Communication, (): –. 10.1080/15295036.2017.1304648
    https://doi.org/10.1080/15295036.2017.1304648 [Google Scholar]
17. Dean, Brian
    2021 “Steam Usage and Catalog Stats for 2022” Backlinko, April 13. https://back​linko.com/steam​-users
18. Genette, Gerard
    1997 Paratexts: Thresholds of Interpretation. Translated byJane E. Lewin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/CBO9780511549373
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511549373 [Google Scholar]
19. Gray, Jonathan
    2010 Show Sold Separately: Promos, Spoilers, and Other Media Paratexts. New York: NYU Press.
    [Google Scholar]
20. Hall, Stuart
    1997 Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. London: Sage Publication.
    [Google Scholar]
21. Hodapp, James
    2020 “Talking Books: The Paratextuality of African Literary Podcasts.” English Studies in Africa, (): –. 10.1080/00138398.2020.1852707
    https://doi.org/10.1080/00138398.2020.1852707 [Google Scholar]
22. Hutchinson, Rachael
    2019 Japanese Culture Through Videogames (1st ed.). London: Routledge. 10.4324/9780429025006
    https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429025006 [Google Scholar]
23. Jones, Henry
    2018 “Wikipedia, Translation and the Collaborative Production of Spatial Knowledge(s): A Socio-narrative Analysis.” Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, : –.
    [Google Scholar]
24. Lee, Sang-Bin
    2020 “Translators, Translations, and Paratexts in South Korea’s Gender Conflicts.” Perspectives, (): –. 10.1080/0907676X.2020.1712441
    https://doi.org/10.1080/0907676X.2020.1712441 [Google Scholar]
25. Lin, Dayi, Bezemer, Cor-Paul, Zou, Ying, and Hassan Ahmed, E.
    2019 “An empirical study of game reviews on the Steam platform.” Empir Software Eng, : –. 10.1007/s10664‑018‑9627‑4
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-018-9627-4 [Google Scholar]
26. Luo, Tian, and Zhang, Meifang
    2018 “Reconstructing Cultural Identity via Paratexts: A Case Study on Lionel Giles’ Translation of The Art of War.” Perspectives, (): –. 10.1080/0907676X.2017.1401650
    https://doi.org/10.1080/0907676X.2017.1401650 [Google Scholar]
27. Macksey, Richard
    1997 “Pausing on the Threshold.” InParatexts: Thresholds of interpretation, byGerard Genette, –. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1997.
    [Google Scholar]
28. Mukherjee, Souvik
    2018 “Playing Subaltern: Video Games and Postcolonialism.” Games and Culture, (): –. 10.1177/1555412015627258
    https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412015627258 [Google Scholar]
29. O’Hagan, Minako
    2017 “Seeking Delocalization: Fan Community and Game Localization in the Age of User Empowerment.” The Journal of Internationalization and Localization, (): –. 10.1075/jial.00004.oha
    https://doi.org/10.1075/jial.00004.oha [Google Scholar]
30. Pett, Emma
    2017 “Transnational Cult Paratexts: Exploring Audience Readings of Tartan’s Asia Extreme Brand.” Transnational Cinemas, (): –. 10.1080/20403526.2016.1251679
    https://doi.org/10.1080/20403526.2016.1251679 [Google Scholar]
31. Steam
    Steam 2024 Steam Curators. https://store.steampowered.com/curators/aboutcurators/#:~:text=Steam​%20​Curators​%20​are​%20​individuals​%20​or,in​%20​your​%20​community​%20​activity​%20​feed
32. Styhre, Alexander
    2022 “Attracting Attention in Digital Consumer Markets: Marketing Indie Video Games Through High-Status Intermediaries.” InStatus and Organizations: Theories and Cases, byAlexander Styhre, –. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 10.1007/978‑3‑031‑09868‑0_5
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09868-0_5 [Google Scholar]
33. Tahir-Gürçağlar, Şehnaz
    2002 “What Texts Don’t Tell: The Uses of Paratexts in Translation Research.” InCrosscultural Transgressions. Research Models in Translation Studies 2: Historical and Ideological Issues, byTheo Hermans, –. Manchester: St Jerome Publishing.
    [Google Scholar]
34. VG Insights
    VG Insights 2021 “Indie Games Make up 40% of All Units Sold on Steam.” VG Insights, September 1. https://vginsights.com/insights/article/indie​-games​-make​-up​-40​-of​-all​-units​-sold​-on​-steam
35. VG Insights
    VG Insights 2024 “Global PC Games Market Report 2024.” VG Insights. https://vginsights.com/assets/reports/VGI_Global_PC_Games_Market_Report_2024.pdf
36. Walsh, Christopher and Apperley, Thomas
    2009 “Gaming Capital: Rethinking Literacy.” In: Changing Climates: Education for sustainable futures. Proceedings of the AARE 2008 International Education Research Conference, 30 Nov–4 Dec 2008, Queensland University of Technology.
    [Google Scholar]
37. Zorrakin-Goikoetxea, Itziar
    2022 “The Use and Reception of Varieties of Spanish in Videogames.” Journal of Audiovisual Translation, (): –. 10.47476/jat.v5i2.2022.203
    https://doi.org/10.47476/jat.v5i2.2022.203 [Google Scholar]