Games and Bereavement

How Video Games Represent Attachment, Loss, and Grief

DOI: 10.14361/9783839444153

Harrer, Sabine

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.

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01. März 2019

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- Frontmatter
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- Table of Contents
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- Credits
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- Introduction
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Part 1: Theory
- 1.1 Videogame Representation
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- 1.2 Understanding Bereavement
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Part 2: Analysis
- 2.1 Of Limit Breaks and Ghost Glitches: Losing Aeris in Final Fantasy VII
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- 2.2 "You Were There": Losing Yorda in Ico
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- 2.3 Conjugal Love: Losing the Spouse in Passage
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- 2.4 Losing Big Brother in Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
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- 2.5 "Let's All Be Good Mothers OK": Losing the Badger Cubs in Shelter
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- 2.6 Designing for Loss and Grief: A Summary
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Part 3: Design
- 3.1 Grief-Based Game Design: A Case Study on Pregnancy Loss
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- 3.2 Ideation with the Bereaved: The Trauerspiel Workshop
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- 3.3 Designing Jocoi: A Game about Pregnancy Loss
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- 3.4 On the Question of Impact: Evaluating Jocoi
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- Making Space for Grief: Conclusive Thoughts
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- References
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eISBN PDF: 978-3-8394-4415-3
eISBN ePUB: -
eISBN HTML: -
Seitenumfang: 274
BIC-Code: JFD
BISAC-Code: SOC052000
THEMA: JBCT1

Creative Commons Lizenz: cc-by
Verlag: transcript Verlag
Schlagworte: Videogames, Attachment, Grief, Media Design, Art Therapy, Media, Computer Games, Media Aesthetics, Media Studies,

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Part 1: Theory

Part 2: Analysis

Part 3: Design

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