Why are we all talking like corporate copyright lawyers or marketing ghouls, using these explicitly commercial terms thonk

I'm disappointed by the ease at which "IP" rolls off my tongue. I mean, most of the fiction and entertainment we surround ourselves with are more soulless corporate slop than art, but still

  • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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    10 months ago

    It fits nicely when talking about shared fiction, but video games can instead use non-narrative elements like gameplay mechanics as the shared element that gets built on

    • supafuzz [comrade/them]
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      10 months ago

      if there's no shared fictional world then I think "franchise" really is the best word for it

      • davel [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        Thanks I hate it. Franchise is capitalist jargon in this context: the commercial licensing sense is from 1966.

        • supafuzz [comrade/them]
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          10 months ago

          loosely connected video game installments with shared gameplay elements but no broader shared fictional universe were invented way after that. they are also a product of capitalism, and the model was assuredly influenced by the franchise concept

          is there a pre-capitalist literary device that corresponds? I can't think of one