Games and Transgressive Aesthetics
Games and Transgressive Aesthetics Research Project
It should be easy to argue that a violent death is transgressive; that murder is a transgression is pretty obvious, but the depiction and the “virtual” experience of it is a lot more complicated. Fiction is saturated with gruesome death Continue reading The death of a cleric
Because games often evoke strong emotions regardless of their aesthetic quality, we want to offer a distinction that can make it possible to discuss the aesthetics and poetics of disturbing and provocative games without resorting to normative or moral arguments. Continue reading Games and Transgressive Aesthetics: A Manifesto
This summer, Playdead – developer of the critically acclaimed Limbo – released their much anticipated second game, Inside. Researchers in the Games and Transgressive Aesthetic have played the game, and we present here our impressions of the game – as Continue reading Playdead’s Inside: A dialogue review