Absentation

, 77

Adaptation

, 99, 107

Aeneid, The

, 85–87

Aesthetic conventions

, 100

Aesthetic experience

, 116

Aesthetic philosophy

, 116

Aesthetic taste

, 114–115

Aesthetic theory

, 16

Affordances

, 139, 170–171

Algorithmic culture criticism

, 132

Algorithmic imaginary

, 132–133

Algorithmic recommendation systems

, 114, 132–133

complication & annoyance

, 129–131

interlude

, 118, 125, 128, 132–133, 138

introduction & enthusiasm

, 129

recommendation systems work

, 125–128

resolution and despair

, 131–132

taste

, 114–118

Amazon recommendation emails

, 128–129

Amazon recommendation system

, 128

Among Us

, 51

Analogue search-find strategies

, 125–126

Appropriation

, 107

Archetypes

, 76, 79–80

Art

, 13–14

Artificial intelligence (AI)

, 145

AI-generated images

, 150

AI-generated portraits

, 148–149

image generators

, 163

Aura-less

, 14

Automatism

, 18–19

Banal rhythms of game rituals

, 50–53

Bandersnatch (film)

, 92–93

Blockbuster films

, 109

Bolter and Grusin’s concept of remediation

, 146–147

BookBub

emails

, 137

Narcissistic User of

, 133–138

Camping strategy

, 40

Canon and algorithm

, 118–125

Captological approach

, 140

Causality

, 65

ChatGPT

, 145

Citation

, 11

Cognition

, 9

Cognitive perspective loop

, 31–32

Cognitive process

, 22–23

Cognitive scientists

, 144

Collar X Malice

, 96

Collective norm

, 114–118

Combinational creativity

, 143, 157–158, 165–167

generative art

, 161–165

remix

, 158–161

Computer games

, 33–34, 44, 54–55

banal rhythms

, 50–53

flow

, 48–50

game over

, 41–44

grind

, 44–48

Conceptual art

, 2

Consumption

, 25

Contemporary media phenomena

, 12–13

Conversations

, 75

Counter-Strike Global Offensive

, 39

COVID-19 pandemic

, 51, 81, 83, 161

Creation pleasure

, 20

Criticism

, 11

Cultural capital

, 117

Cultural products

, 12–13

Cultural taste

, 119–120

Culture

, 1

Dada

, 144–145

Daedalus

, 141–142

DALL-E

, 163

Dance of continuity and newness

, 71–76

Danish national television

, 52

Data loop

, 132–133

Database mode of consumption

, 172

Decoding

process

, 89–90

structural repetition

, 80

Deepfakes

, 147, 150, 166

effect

, 149–150

technology

, 147–148

Deleuze’s approach to repetition

, 16

Deliberate repetition

, 19–21

Dialectic relation

, 22–23

Dialogical linguistic repetition

, 26

Digital art

, 145

Digital formats

, 90

Digital information

, 14

Digital Media Theory

, 14–15, 94

Digital storytelling

, 90

Distributed creativity concept

, 157

Diverse repetitive strategies

, 112

Do it yourself (DIY)

, 151–152

communities

, 154

Don Quixote

, 124

Dynamic creative process

, 150–151

Echo

, 113–114

Edge of Tomorrow (science fiction film)

, 98

Elíade’s paradigm

, 44

Enthusiasm

, 129

Enunciation

, 9

Everyday creativity

, 152–153

Experience points (XPs)

, 46

Exploratory creativity

, 158

Familiarity

, 1

Fantasy

, 11–12

Fiction

, 5

Flow theory

, 48–49

Fluxus

, 144–145

Formal repetitive elements

, 83

Fragment

, 23–24

Freudian interpretation

, 69

Game rituals

, 50–53

Games

, 52

Generative art

, 161–165

Genre

, 71, 75–76, 80

Genuine art

, 4

Genuine culture

, 2

Groundhog Day (film)

, 97–98

Habits

, 18–19

Hardcore

, 43–44

Hegemonic categorization practices

, 76

Hermeneutic movement

, 22–23

Human life

, 35–36

Hypertexts

, 90

branching structure of

, 92–93

Iliad, The

, 58–60, 65, 85–86

Imitatio

, 150, 157, 166

duets

, 156–157

historical costuming

, 151–154

life hacks

, 154–156

resonates

, 151

Individual inclination

, 114–118

Industrialisation

, 143–144

Intellectual Property (IP)

, 108–109

Intense repetition

, 35–36

Interaction rules

, 163

Interactivity

, 145

Intermediation process

, 127–128

Intertextuality

, 11

Item-to-item collaborative filtering

, 128

Kierkegaard loop

, 31–32

Lacanian mirror

, 110

Languages

, 15–16, 27–28

Learning process

, 20–21, 41–42

Life hacks

, 155

Linear rhythms

, 49–50

Linguistic repetition

, 26–27

Literacy

, 21

Literary fiction

, 134–136, 138

Live Action Roleplaying (LARPing)

, 153

Market segmentation techniques

, 125

Mass arts

, 2

Mass media

, 3

Mathematical theory of communication

, 26–27

Media

, 2

Mediatic repetition

, 24–25

Mesoactions

, 39

Microactions

, 38–39

Midjourney

, 163

Migrations

, 130

Mimesis

, 142–143, 145, 150

deepfakes

, 147–150

Mimesis concept

, 3

Minecraft games

, 43

Mircea Elíade’s concept of eternal return

, 43–44

Modern art movements

, 4

Monological linguistic repetition

, 26

Monomyth

, 77

Multiplayer games

, 39–40

Music

, 2, 17

Narrative computer games

, 94–95

Netflix

, 125, 127

Netflix recommendation system (NRS)

, 126

New media landscape

combinational creativity

, 157–165

Imitatio

, 150–157

mimesis

, 145–150

New Media theory

, 30

Niche genres

, 74–75

Odyssey The

, 58–60, 78, 85–87

Opera

, 2

Originality

, 73–74

Oscillation process

, 55

Otome games

, 95, 98–99

OULIPO

, 144–145

Painting

, 2, 17–18

Perceiving repetition

, 15–19

Perceiving sameness

, 172

Perception

, 9

Personal taste

, 118–125

Personalisation strategies

, 7

Playing games

, 51

Plot

, 65–71

Poetry

, 2, 87–88

Polyphonic linguistic repetition

, 26

Post-modern popular entertainment forms

, 1–2

Postmodernism

, 4

Postmodernist creations

, 4

Primitive ontological conception

, 44

Process pleasure

, 20

Production

, 9, 24–25

Products

, 110

Progression games

, 40–41

Rat Queens

, 78

Raven, The

, 87–88

Reality media

, 146–147

Reanimation

, 102–103

Recommendation algorithms

, 133, 140

Recommendation systems

, 125, 139–140

Redundance

, 11

Remediation concept

, 146–147

Remix concept

, 158–161

Repetition

, 3–4, 7, 9–10, 12, 14–15, 20–21, 25, 32, 55, 66, 87–89, 97–98, 112, 120

in adaptations

, 111

appropriating

, 28

compulsion

, 28–29

creates tension between engagement and boredom

, 30–31

deliberate

, 19–21

in games

, 37

perceiving

, 15–19

pleasurable in ways

, 28–29

repeating unit calls attention

, 25–28

social dimension

, 29–30

transcendence

, 31–32

Repetitive creativity

, 143

Repetitive macro-dimension

, 39–40

Repetitive storytelling strategies

, 169

Repetitive strategies

, 11

Repetitive video game actions

, 49

Reproduction technique

, 14

Rhythmic expressivity

, 49

Role-playing games (RPGs)

, 48

Romanticism

, 1–2

Sameness

, 10, 12, 120, 138–139

adaptation

, 99–107

short sequences

, 87–99

transmedial worlds

, 107–110

and variation

, 86

Sameness-maximising systems

, 2

Scaffold

, 78

Sculpture

, 2, 17–18

Semi-autonomous system

, 163

Seriality

, 65, 69, 71, 80

Sims, The (20-year-old game)

, 45

Simulation

, 146

Social media

, 166

Space Invaders

, 33–34, 46

Spontaneous formulaicity

, 27

States of flow

, 48–49

Storytelling

, 60, 67

Stuplimity

, 54

Super Mario 3D World

, 41–42

Super Mario Bros

, 37–39, 50

Super Mario game series

, 37, 40–41

Super Mario Kart

, 40–41

Supplication

, 61–62

Symptomatic process

, 14

Taste

, 124

formation

, 120

Text

, 25

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (TLBD)

, 104

Theory of Adaptation

, 102

TikTok

, 7, 29, 156–157

duets

, 160

life hacks

, 154–155

video

, 155

Time loop games

, 41

Time loop movies

, 98

Transcendence, repetition provide

, 31–32

Transformational creativity

, 158

TV Tropes

, 64

Umberto Eco

, 4, 22, 68–70

skepticism

, 70–71

Unit calls repetition

, 25–28

Universal Decimal Classification System

, 75

Voynich manuscript

, 15

Wellerman trend

, 160

Western Canon

, 58–59

Wundt curve

, 30–31

YouTube

, 7, 166

series

, 104–105

Zombie genre products

, 82