Mental Health | Atmospheres | Video Games

New Directions in Game Research II

Felix Zimmermann editor Michael S Debus editor Curtis L Maughan editor Jimena Aguilar Rodriguez editor Federico Alvarez Igarzabal editor Su-Jin Song editor Miruna Vozaru editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Transcript Verlag

Published:27th Oct '22

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Mental Health | Atmospheres | Video Games cover

Gaming has never been disconnected from reality. When we engage with ever more lavish virtual worlds, something happens to us. The game imposes itself on us and influences how we feel about it, the world, and ourselves. How do games accomplish this and to what end? The contributors explore the video game as an atmospheric medium of hitherto unimagined potential. Is the medium too powerful, too influential? A danger to our mental health or an ally through even the darkest of times? This volume compiles papers from the Young Academics Workshop at the Clash of Realities conferences of 2019 and 2020 to provide answers to these questions.

ISBN: 9783837662641

Dimensions: 23mm x 15mm x 1mm

Weight: 369g

262 pages