Videogames and the Gothic

by Ewan Kirkland

This book explores the many ways Gothic literature and media have informed videogame design. Through a series of detailed case studies, Videogames and the Gothic illustrates the extent to which particular tropes of Gothic culture -neo-medieval aesthetics, secret-filled labyrinthine spaces, the sense of a dark past impacting upon the present - have been appropriated by and transformed within digital games.

Moving beyond the study of the generic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036746022X
• ISBN13: 9780367460228
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"