Breaking New Ground: Innovation in Games, Play, Practice and Theory.
Proceedings of DiGRA 2009
© 2009Authors & Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA).
Personal and educational classroom use of this paper is allowed,
commercial use requires specific...
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Breaking New Ground: Innovation in Games, Play, Practice and Theory.
Proceedings of DiGRA 2009
© 2009Authors & Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA).
Personal and educational classroom use of this paper is allowed,
commercial use requires specific permission from the author.
Kingdom Hearts, Territoriality and Flow
William Humberto Huber
UC San Diego, Art and Media History
9400 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093
whuber@ucsd.
edu
Stephen Mandiberg
UC San Diego, Communication
9400 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093
smandiberg@ucsd.
edu
ABSTRACT
This paper explores the relationship between companies
Square-Enix and Disney as played out within the games of
the Kingdom Hearts (キングダムハーツ) franchise.
We
contrast the relationship between these two transnational
companies within the franchise s aesthetics and theoretical
logics over the course of the various games.
We are
particularly interested in the games own thematization and
problematization of concepts of globalization,
transnational
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