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Perron Professor Bernard (University Of Montreal Canada)
The World Of Scary Video Games A Study In Videoludic Horror
The World Of Scary Video Games A Study In Videoludic Horror
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Description: As for film and literature the horror genre has been very popular in the video game. The World of Scary Video Games provides a comprehensive overview of the videoludic horror dealing with the games labelled as survival horror as well as the mainstream and independent works associated with the genre. It examines the ways in which video games have elicited horror terror and fear since Haunted House (1981). Bernard Perron combines an historical account with a theoretical approach in order to offer a broad history of the genre outline its formal singularities and explore its principal issues. It studies the most important games and game series from Haunted House (1981) to Alone in the Dark (1992 - ) Resident Evil (1996 - present) Silent Hill (1999 - present) Fatal Frame (2001 - present) Dead Space (2008 - 2013) Amnesia: the Dark Descent (2010) and The Evil Within (2014). Accessibly written The World of Scary Video Games helps the reader to trace the history of an important genre of the video game.
Title: The World Of Scary Video Games A Study In Videoludic Horror
Author(s): Perron Professor Bernard (University Of Montreal Canada)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781501316197
Pages: 488 Pages, 50 Bw Illus
Publication Date: 5/31/2018
Series: Approaches to Digital Game Studies
Category: Game Theory
Description: As for film and literature the horror genre has been very popular in the video game. The World of Scary Video Games provides a comprehensive overview of the videoludic horror dealing with the games labelled as survival horror as well as the mainstream and independent works associated with the genre. It examines the ways in which video games have elicited horror terror and fear since Haunted House (1981). Bernard Perron combines an historical account with a theoretical approach in order to offer a broad history of the genre outline its formal singularities and explore its principal issues. It studies the most important games and game series from Haunted House (1981) to Alone in the Dark (1992 - ) Resident Evil (1996 - present) Silent Hill (1999 - present) Fatal Frame (2001 - present) Dead Space (2008 - 2013) Amnesia: the Dark Descent (2010) and The Evil Within (2014). Accessibly written The World of Scary Video Games helps the reader to trace the history of an important genre of the video game.
Title: The World Of Scary Video Games A Study In Videoludic Horror
Author(s): Perron Professor Bernard (University Of Montreal Canada)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781501316197
Pages: 488 Pages, 50 Bw Illus
Publication Date: 5/31/2018
Series: Approaches to Digital Game Studies
Category: Game Theory