Games and Bereavement : How Video Games Represent Attachment, Loss, and Grief /

How can videogames portray love and loss? Games and Bereavement answers this question by analysing five videogames and conducting a participatory design study with grievers. Sabine Harrer offers both theoretical and practical perspectives on videogames and grief and suggests a design model for video...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harrer, Sabine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : transcript-Verlag, [2019]
Colección:Edition Medienwissenschaft ; 55
Temas:
Bereavement in video games.
Video games > Psychological aspects.
Art Therapy.
Attachment.
Computer Games.
Grief.
Media Aesthetics.
Media Design.
Media Studies.
Media.
Jeux vidéo > Aspect psychologique.
Media studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
Video games > Psychological aspects
Gefühlsempfindung
Videospiel
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Credits
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Theory
  • 1.1 Videogame Representation
  • 1.2 Understanding Bereavement
  • Part 2: Analysis
  • 2.1 Of Limit Breaks and Ghost Glitches: Losing Aeris in Final Fantasy VII
  • 2.2 "You Were There": Losing Yorda in Ico
  • 2.3 Conjugal Love: Losing the Spouse in Passage
  • 2.4 Losing Big Brother in Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
  • 2.5 "Let's All Be Good Mothers OK": Losing the Badger Cubs in Shelter
  • 2.6 Designing for Loss and Grief: A Summary
  • Part 3: Design
  • 3.1 Grief-Based Game Design: A Case Study on Pregnancy Loss
  • 3.2 Ideation with the Bereaved: The Trauerspiel Workshop
  • 3.3 Designing Jocoi: A Game about Pregnancy Loss
  • 3.4 On the Question of Impact: Evaluating Jocoi
  • Making Space for Grief: Conclusive Thoughts
  • References

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