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Horror Video Games: Essays on the Fusion of Fear and Play

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Bernard Perron
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McFarland, 2009 - Video games
"In this in-depth critical and theoretical analysis of the horror genre in video games, 14 essays explore the cultural underpinnings of horror's allure for gamers and the evolution of "survival" themes. The techniques and story effects of specific games such as Resident Evil, Call of Cthulhu, and Silent Hill are examined individually"--Provided by publisher.
  

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Contents

APPROACHING THE GENRE
15
A MultiFaceted Historical Account of the Horror Genre in Video Games
26
Gothic Bloodlines in Survival Horror Gaming
46
Storytelling in Survival Horror Video Games
62
FirstPerson Gaming Horror and the Art of Ludic Manipulation
79
Transnationality and Intermediality in Japanese Survival Horror Video Games
95
The Extended Body Genre
121
ENCOUNTERING THE GAMES
145
Emotions Sound and Structure in Silent Hill 2 and Fatal Frame
181
Complete Horror in Fatal Frame
200
Dead Media in Dead Rising Siren and Michigan Report from Hell
220
Procedural Adaptation in Clock Tower Resident Evil and Dead Rising
238
The Ludic Paradox of Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of the Earth
267
About the Contributors
289
Index
293
Copyright

Gothic Setting and Light in Resident Evil 4 and Silent Hill 2
168

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