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 video...

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Main Author:	Harrer, Sabine (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Bielefeld : transcript-Verlag, [2019]
Series:	Edition Medienwissenschaft ; 55
Subjects:	Bereavement in video games. Video games > Psychological aspects. Art Therapy. Attachment. Computer Games. Grief. Media Aesthetics. Media Design. Media Studies. Media. Jeux vidéo > Aspect psychologique. Media studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. Video games > Psychological aspects Gefühlsempfindung Videospiel Electronic books.
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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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
ISBN:	9783839444153 3839444152