TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mortensen,Torill
AU  - Jørgensen,Kristine
TI  - The Paradox of Transgression in Games
T2  - Routledge Advances in Game Studies
SN  - 9781000049497
AV  - GV1469.34.P79 .M678 2020 
U1  - 794.8 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Video games-Psychological aspects
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figure -- 9.1 A Theory of The Paradox of Transgression in Games -- Tables -- 0.1 Overview of Player Respondents -- 3.1 Overview of Games Used in the Empirical Studies -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Exploring Transgressions in Games -- Part 1 Transgression in Games -- 1 Old Term, New Game -- 2 Form and Content of Transgressive Games -- 3 Transgressive Games: An Overview -- Part 2 Experiences With Transgressive Games -- 4 Transgressive Games and the Player-Response Perspective -- 5 Transgressive Gameplay Experiences -- 6 Transgressive Game Content and Emotional Response -- Part 3 Games and Transgressive Aesthetics -- 7 The Carnivalesque Aesthetics of Games -- 8 Game Aesthetics and the Sublime -- Conclusions: A Theory of The Paradox of Transgression in Games -- Index
N2  - Drawing on qualitative player studies and approaches from media aesthetics theory, The Paradox of Transgression in Games looks at transgressive games as an aesthetic experience, tackling how players respond to game content that shocks, disturbs, and distresses, and how contemporary video games can evoke intense emotional reactions
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