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Thus, texture packs are not secondary to Minecraft ; they are co-creative media that generate distinct entertainment experiences.

Gérard Genette’s concept of the paratext —elements like covers, prefaces, and trailers that mediate a text’s reception—offers a useful starting point. However, texture packs exceed traditional paratexts because they enter the work. As Consalvo (2007) argues, player modifications are “gateway texts” that alter the game’s material semiotics. A Minecraft world with the Chroma Hills pack is not the same text as vanilla Minecraft ; the emotional register shifts from survivalist to epic.