Kevin M. Flanagan, University of Pittsburgh

Videogames and Narrative Paratexts: The Uses of Instruction Manuals, from

Adventure (1979) to Shovel Knight (2013)

Second Chances, Final Glances: Media Afterlives

University of Pittsburgh, 10/19/13

Paratext I: The Box

via atariage.com

Paratext II: The Instruction Manual (Adventure, 1979)

The Legend of Zelda (1987)

via dinosaurdracula.com

Retro City Rampage (2012)

Ode to Obsolescence: instruction manual, printable boxes, mixtape

Shovel Knight (2013)

via Kickstarter

Shovel Knight (2013)

via Kickstarter