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 looking at five videogames and carrying out a participatory design study with grievers. Sabine Harrer highlights possible connections between grief and videogames, arguing that game design may help make difficul...

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Corporate Author: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2018: Frontlist Collection funder (funder)
Other Authors: Harrer, Sabine, 1984- author (author)
Format: Electronic
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag 2018
Bielefeld, Germany : [2019]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Edition Medienwissenschaft
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434869006719
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Summary:How can videogames portray love and loss? Games and Bereavement answers this question by looking at five videogames and carrying out a participatory design study with grievers. Sabine Harrer highlights possible connections between grief and videogames, arguing that game design may help make difficult personal feelings tangible. After a brief literary review of grief concepts and videogame theory, the book deep-dives into examples of tragic inter-character relationships from videogame history. Building on these examples, the book presents a case study on pregnancy loss as a potential grief experience that can be validated through game design dialogue.
Physical Description:1 online resource (274 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783839444153