Horror Games

Catalog description

"This course covers the history, aesthetics, and cultural impact of horror games. The main emphasis is on horror video games, but includes some non-digital horror games as well. Students are exposed to seminal games in what came to be known as the “horror” and “survival horror” genres, such as Alone in the Dark, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Amnesia, tracing how their design aesthetics and thematic concerns were formed via their relationship with various key sub-genres of horror fiction in the wider media landscape. This course is for students interested in the culture and evolution of video game aesthetics and politics and who understand and value the practice of close reading and comparative analysis, the way any student in a traditional art history class would be."