im PublikationsserverTitelangaben
Wischert-Zielke, Moritz
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Mindspacing and Play : Indie Games in the Context of Mental Health Depiction.
In: Game Studies : the international journal of computer game research. 25 (Oktober 2025) 3.
ISSN 1604-7982
Volltext
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Link zum Volltext (externe URL): https://gamestudies.org/2503/articles/wischertziel... |
Kurzfassung/Abstract
Previous research has shown that AAA video games tend to exploit and marginalize themes of mental illness. Indie games, however, have not been adequately discussed in this context. Hence, the present essay examines how indie games practice de/marginalization by strategically thematizing the mind, mental health, and mental illness. To move beyond the field’s question of supposedly better or more authentic representation, a specific focus of the analysis is the question of mindspacing, i.e. how the titles examined co-position and relate the elements of mind and space in their production of playful worlds. The recent titles Shrinking Pains (2018), The Longest Walk (2022) and The Psychotic Bathtub (2024), dealing with anorectic, depressive and psychotic experiences respectively, reveal the counterhegemonic potential of indie games not just to present different stories about mental health but to reimagine culturally dominant forms of play
Forschungsprojekte
DFG-Graduiertenkolleg "Practicing Place. Soziokulturelle Praktiken und epistemische Konfigurationen" (GRK 2589)
Weitere Angaben
| Publikationsform: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Schlagwörter: | indie games; play; mental health; de/marginalization; mindspace; care of the self |
| Sprache des Eintrags: | Englisch |
| Institutionen der Universität: | Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Anglistik/Amerikanistik > Amerikanistik > Lehrstuhl für Amerikanistik |
| Open Access: Freie Zugänglichkeit des Volltexts?: | Ja |
| Peer-Review-Journal: | Ja |
| Titel an der KU entstanden: | Nein |
| KU.edoc-ID: | 35716 |
Letzte Änderung: 03. Nov 2025 08:49
URL zu dieser Anzeige: https://edoc.ku.de/id/eprint/35716/
