Overview
Videogames are full of horrors and of horror, a facet of the media that has been largely overlooked by the academic community in terms of lengthy studies in the fast-growing field of videogame scholarship. This book engages with the research of prominent scholars across the humanities to explore the presence, role and function of horror in videogames, and in doing so it demonstrates how videogames enter discussion on horror and offer a unique, radical space that horror is particularly suited to fill. The topics covered include the construction of stories in videogames, the role of the monster and, of course, how death is treated as a learning tool and as a facet of horror.
Full Product Details
Author: Dawn Stobbart
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Imprint: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 9781786834362
ISBN 10: 1786834367
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 October 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""An insightful exploration of horrific content in videogames throughout the medium's history, illustrating the significance of horror adaptation, intertextuality and remediation across a broad range of titles. From Haunted House to Amnesia, Stobbart presents an informed and necessarily interdisciplinary account of the transmedia interactions between horror games, literature and cinema. An engaging and accessible contribution to videogame genre scholarship.""--Ewan Kirkland, University of Brighton"
""An insightful exploration of horrific content in videogames throughout the medium's history, illustrating the significance of horror adaptation, intertextuality and remediation across a broad range of titles. From Haunted House to Amnesia, Stobbart presents an informed and necessarily interdisciplinary account of the transmedia interactions between horror games, literature and cinema. An engaging and accessible contribution to videogame genre scholarship.""--Ewan Kirkland, University of Brighton
An insightful exploration of horrific content in videogames throughout the medium's history, illustrating the significance of horror adaptation, intertextuality and remediation across a broad range of titles. From Haunted House to Amnesia, Stobbart presents an informed and necessarily interdisciplinary account of the transmedia interactions between horror games, literature and cinema. An engaging and accessible contribution to videogame genre scholarship. --Ewan Kirkland, University of Brighton
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This book will appeal to students and academics, however it will also be of interest to adult readers of all levels.
