Author : Sabine Harrer
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839444153
Games and Bereavement by Sabine Harrer Pdf
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.