How to Play Indian Literature

Abstract The entry of videogames, as a primarily western medium, into Indian narrative traditions is considered suspect, and, indeed, whether the games even constitute a narrative medium is called into question. As such a medium, although hugely popular among the current generations of Indians, videogames remain in a relative limbo in Indian academia, particularly in connection to literary studies and media studies. Building off the example of the graphic novel and addressing existing discussions around the mediality and the literariness of videogames, this chapter argues for Indian videogames as a literary form that is ensconced within, and, in turn, keeps challenging, the boundaries of literary tradition.