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 vid...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bielefeld, Germany
transcript Verlag
2018
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| Series: | Edition Medienwissenschaft
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| Collection: | OAPEN - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 videogames to include grievers into game development. Overall, she explores how videogames can be used as contemporary medium for personal storytelling. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode |
| ISBN: | 9783839444153 |