Lancaster Videogame Studies

A Postgraduate Videogame Research Group based out of Lancaster University.
Videogame theory and criticisms.
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Excited to announce the schedule for #lu_nextgen19 - we have a real exciting variety of panels and a fantastic keynote. Register here: https://t.co/IA8MQGHeGo

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Call for Papers
Aeternum: The Journal of Contemporary Gothic Studies 6.2 (December 2019)
Special Issue: Gothic Games
Guest Editor: Dr Gwyneth Peaty, Curtin University (@peaty_g)
Submission Deadline: 26 August 2019

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Check out our latest blog post - Declan Lloyd's paper 'Free Will and Karma Systems in Until Dawn (And Other Choice-Based Videogames)' from #lu_nextgen19 https://t.co/3AuTNAkhxd

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you are paradoxically empowered and disempowered - with god-like player making whatever option they desire but are also subject to them and forced to make choices by the game, you cannot not choose

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our last paper is from Declan Lloyd (or is it Duncan Floyd) who will speak on 'Free Will and Karma Systems in Until Dawn'

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making choices is an intrinsic part of the gaming experience - you make your choice and you can't go back

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@Lydia_Palmese in DA:I's choice-based romantic subplots there is no win or desired option and therefore the player must make solely their own choice

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@Lydia_Palmese now speaks on 'straight faces and queer spaces' in dragon age inquisition

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@Lydia_Palmese the hero's journey is heteronormative and masculinist; queer play in DA:I disrupts this but this is more satisfying and cathartic

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@OutOfKantrol vr games are unique in their way they allow the player to formulate identity and confront the gamer with multiple subject-hoods

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next up is @OutOfKantrol who will speak on the nature of subjectivity in videogames

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@OutOfKantrol vr is breaking down the seperation between the player and the fictional world

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@OutOfKantrol the concern in how to represent the outside world in vr is seeing a shift in the attitudes of videogame production

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@AnxiMusic this also breaks down Lara's position as masculine coloniser as in moments of vulnerability are coded with Orientalist styled sounds

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starting off our final panel is @AnxiMusic discussing ludomusicology, masculinity and Tomb Raider #lu_nextgen19

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@AnxiMusic when Lara is in pain we hear orientalist feminine sounds such as the gong so that we connect the Orient throughout the game with antagonism