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ABOUT THE BOOK

As for film and literature, the horror genre has been very popular in the video game. The World of Scary Video Games provides a comprehensive overview of the videoludic horror, dealing with the games labelled as “survival horror” as well as the mainstream and independent works associated with the genre. It examines the ways in which video games have elicited horror, terror and fear since Haunted House (1981). Bernard Perron combines an historical account with a theoretical approach in order to offer a broad history of the genre, outline its formal singularities and explore its principal issues. It studies the most important games and game series, from Haunted House (1981) to Alone in the Dark (1992- ), Resident Evil (1996-present), Silent Hill (1999-present), Fatal Frame (2001-present), Dead Space (2008-2013), Amnesia: the Dark Descent (2010), and The Evil Within (2014). Accessibly written, The World of Scary Video Games helps the reader to trace the history of an important genre of the video game.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I: The Genre

Chapter One
The Horror: Falling into the Arena of Video Game Genres
Crossing Paths with a “Monstrous” Concept
The Need to Use a New Combo
Finding Some Directions

Chapter Two
“You have once again entered the world of survival horror. Good luck!”
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A Species of Their Own
A Cross-Media Genre
The (Survival) Horror Genre