Violence | Perception | Video Games: New Directions in Game Research

Published by transcript Verlag 2019

Violence | Perception | Video Games

New Directions in Game Research

Edited by: Federico Alvarez Igarzábal , Michael S. Debus and Curtis L. Maughan
Funded by: European Research Council

Volume 11 in the series Bild und Bit

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839450512

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About this book

This volume compiles papers from the Young Academics Workshop at the Clash of Realities conferences of 2017 and 2018. The 2017 workshop - Perceiving Video Games - explored the video game medium by focusing on perception and meaning-making processes. The 2018 workshop - Reframing the Violence and Video Games Debate - transcended misleading claims that link video games and violent behavior by offering a range of fresh topical perspectives. From BA students to postdoctoral researchers, the young academics of this anthology stem from a spectrum of backgrounds, including game studies, game design, and phenomenology. This volume also features an entry by renowned psychologist Christopher Ferguson.

Author information

Federico Alvarez Igarzábal is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health. His research interests are time perception, video games, philosophy of art, and the aesthetics of play.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Preface Gundolf S. Freyermuth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Introduction Federico Alvarez Igarzábal, Michael S. Debus and Curtis L. Maughan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Reframing the Violence and Video Games Debate
Real Violence Versus Imaginary Guns. Why Reframing the Debate on Video Game Violence is Necessary Christopher J. Ferguson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Avatars Don’t Kill People, Players Do! Actor-Network-Theory, Mediation, and Violence in Avatar-Based Videogames Frank Fetzer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
The (American) Way of Experiencing Video Game Violence Natali Panic-Cidic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Video Game Violence from the Perspective of Cognitive Psychology. Role Identification and Role Distancing in A WAY OUT Christian Roth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
The Playing Voyeur. Voyeurism and Affect in the Age of Video Games Ahn-Thu Nguyen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
The Spectacle of Murder. Over-Aestheticized Depiction of Death in Horror Video Games Cornelia J. Schnaars Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Designing Rituals Instead of Ceremonies. The Meaningful Performance of Violence in Video Games Rüdiger Brandis and Alex Boccia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Damage over Time. Structural Violence and Climate Change in Video Games Derek Price Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Perceiving Video Games
A Cyborg, If You Like. Technological Intentionality in Avatar-Based Single Player Video Games Frank Fetzer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Player Perception of Gameworlds and Game Systems: Load Theory as Game Analytic Tool Nikolay Mohammad-Hadi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
On Character Analysis and Blending Theory. Why You Cried at the End of THE LAST OF US Natali Panic-Cidic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Depression and Digital Games. An Investigation of Existing Uses of Therapy Games Leonie Wolf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Perceived Behaviors of Personality-Driven Alberto Alvarez and Miruna Vozaru Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
From Pixelated Blood and Fixed Camera Perspectives to VR Experience. Tracing the Diversification of Survival Horror Video Games and Their Altered Mode of Perception Cornelia J. Schnaars Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Survival Horror and Masochism. A Digression from the Modern Scopic Regime Shunsuke Mukae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Epiphany Through Kinaesthetics. Unfolding Storyworlds in Immersive Analog Spaces Agnes K. Bakk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225

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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 230
Keywords: Violence; Perception; Psychology; Philosophy; Aesthetics; Media; Popular Culture; Computer Games; Digital Media; Media Studies

eBook

Published: November 27, 2019
ISBN: 9783839450512