Description
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.
1: Introduction to horror in videogames - and establishes it within the humanities. This will give readers a broad overview and introduction to the medium and the genre. 2: Uses appropriate academic studies from other media to show the relationship between them and shows that this is useful for videogame analysis. This situates the medium for the reader in a clear manner, allowing the reader to see horror videogames within the wider context of audio-visual media. 3: A sustained overview of the horror videogame genre with case studies allows the reader to engage with specific examples of horror on an academic level. 4: Videogames that might not be considered horror in general, but with horrific elements are analysed to show the horror in them. This enables the reader to see the horror that can be found across gaming, and to show its importance to the medium.
About the Author
Dawn Stobbart is an Associate Lecturer at Lancaster University.
Book Information
ISBN 9781786834362
Author Dawn Stobbart
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint University of Wales Press
Publisher University of Wales Press
1: Introduction to horror in videogames - and establishes it within the humanities. This will give readers a broad overview and introduction to the medium and the genre. 2: Uses appropriate academic studies from other media to show the relationship between them and shows that this is useful for videogame analysis. This situates the medium for the reader in a clear manner, allowing the reader to see horror videogames within the wider context of audio-visual media. 3: A sustained overview of the horror videogame genre with case studies allows the reader to engage with specific examples of horror on an academic level. 4: Videogames that might not be considered horror in general, but with horrific elements are analysed to show the horror in them. This enables the reader to see the horror that can be found across gaming, and to show its importance to the medium.
About the Author
Dawn Stobbart is an Associate Lecturer at Lancaster University.
Book Information
ISBN 9781786834362
Author Dawn Stobbart
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint University of Wales Press
Publisher University of Wales Press
