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Delicate Subjects: Vulnerability and validation in action adventure games
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Diane, Carr |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | This presentation focuses on game protagonists and the hostile worlds they inhabit. The aim is to explore the pleasures of propelling imperiled figures through a fictional world where their worthiness is perpetually tested both in the sense that it is challenged, and in the sense that it is quantified. This play between vulnerability and validation is explored with reference to theories of ability (Siebers 2009) and depictions of able bodies. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.digra.org/wp-content/uploads/digital-library/paper_365.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |