Games and bereavement: how video games represent attachment, loss, and grief

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Abstract: 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

Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main

ISBN: 9783839444153

Extent: Online-Ressource, 274 S.

Language: Englisch

Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion
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Bibliographic citation: Edition Medienwissenschaft ; Bd. 55

Event: Veröffentlichung

(where): Mannheim

(who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.

(when): 2019

Event: Veröffentlichung

(where): Bielefeld

(who): transcript Verlag

(when): 2019

Creator: Harrer, Sabine

DOI: 10.14361/9783839444153

URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-70772-7

Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.

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SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
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