The World of Scary Video Games: A Study in Videoludic Horror

by Bernard Perron

Book Overview

As for film and literature, the horror genre has been very popular in the video game. The World of Scary Video Games provides a comprehensive overview of the videoludic horror, dealing with the games labelled as "survival horror" as well as the mainstream and independent works associated with the genre. It examines the ways in which video games have elicited horror, terror and fear since Haunted House (1981). Bernard Perron combines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501316192
• ISBN13: 9781501316197
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.4"