TRAUMA IN COMPUTER GAMES: MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF EXTREME MENTAL EXPERIENCES
Thomas Spies
The medium of computer games is increasingly being used to deal with psychological trauma. Post-traumatic stress disorder, illness and death as well as depression and phobias are the predominant themes and motives. In a historical overview and in comparative analyses, Thomas Spies shows tendencies in cultural representation. Dealing with titles such as "Papers, Please", "Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice" and "Disco Elysium" makes it clear how computer games are increasingly finding media-specific possibilities to convey the diversity and complexity of traumatic experiences.
PUBLICATION DETAILS
LANGUAGE | BINDING | EDITION | ISBN | YEAR | PAGES |
German | Paperback | | 9783837661521 | 2022 | 324 |
German | eBook | | 9783839461525 | 2022 | 324 |
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Trauma in Computer Games: Media Representations of Extreme Mental Experiences
Trauma im Computerspiel: Mediale Repräsentationen mentaler Extremerfahrungen
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Authors: #ThomasSpies
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