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Thoughtless Play

Using William Blake to Illuminate Authority and Agency Within Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Jon Saklofske

Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada

Authorial responsibility has been increasingly decentralized by the collective manipulation of media parameters. Whereas this encourages a sense of freedom for those exposed to such narratives, participation in narrative realization and a lack of interpretative dislocation can actually impair a reader. To demonstrate how excessive mediation can liberate or limit an audience, this article will compare how William Blake's "The Fly" and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas differently enable and disable the authority and agency of storytellers and readers.

Key Words: William Blake • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas • mediation • narrative; character

Games and Culture, Vol. 2, No. 2, 134-148 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1555412007299436
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