A potent new book examines the overlap between our ecological crisis and video games
Video games may be fun and immersive diversions from daily life, but can they go beyond …

In 1975, design engineer Dave Nutting completed work on a new arcade machine. A version
of Taito's Western Gun, a recent Japanese arcade machine, Nutting's Gun Fight depicted a …

This paper explores existing literature concerning permadeath-the permanent in-game
death of a playable character. Research concerning the depiction of death in video games is …

Play is a critical activity, as important to healthy life as sleep, water, and nutrition. Research
shows that play promotes cognitive and socioemotional development, and that learning …

This thesis investigated the nature of players' permadeath experiences in video games. It
identified fundamental differences in players' reading of death, as well as related motivations …

Rites of passage are culturally prescribed rituals which transpire outside of ordinary space
and time, used to deliver participants from one stable social identity to the next. When …

It is estimated that every three to five years a ground-breaking and disruptive game
emerges. Fortnite has been described as the “high school musical of gaming: witty …

Aim of the research This study explores an open theological dialogue with Maltese
Generation Z (Gen Z). 1 As a Practical Theological exercise, I shall be studying their daily life …

Im Gespräch über den Tod im Videospiel findet sich ein Paradox: Einerseits wird beklagt,
dass dieser Tod „unrealistisch “sei und nicht zu Genüge das reflektiere, was Tod „im echten …

Muchos juegos involucran en sus mecánicas a la muerte en algún formato; tal es el ejemplo
del ajedrez, un tradicional juego de mesa entre tantos otros. Principalmente, en los juegos …