Phantasmal spaces : archetypical venues in computer games /: archetypical venues in computer games. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mathias Fuchs.
• Authors: Fuchs, Mathias
• Contents: Phantasmal Spaces: Introduction1. The RoadRoad Movies, Photography, Edward Hopper's RoadsDriving Games and Driving Game InterfacesPsychology of DrivingTransmedia Road Phantasms2. The RuinPainting DecayDigital DustSigmund Freud's Death Drive and the Opponents ThereofS.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Tarkovsky's Wastelands3. The CaveCave MenUnreal Tournament Design Philosophy, Boolean SubtractionsFrightened to DeathC-movies4. The CloudThe Beauty of Clouds and Industrial SteamCloud RenderingHead in the Clouds: DaydreamingTransmedia Cloud Formations5. The CliffRunning and FallingPhysics EnginesPsychology of Risk TakingLeaping from One Medium to Another6. The ForestNibelungen ForestsTree-GeneratorsThe UncannyTale of Tale of Tales7. The PortalDoors, Gateways, PassagesWarp ZonesRites of PassageDoors in Transmedia Spacetelling8. The IslandYou are Alone!Chiselling Mountains – Fetching Pretty SunrisesReally Alone!!!Robinson CrusoeAtmospheric Places: ConclusionReferencesLudographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 794.8; video games
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781501332937; 9781501332944
• Related ISBNs: 9781501332920
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