Horror and the Genre Debate in Video Games: An Overview
Guest of the Faculty of Art and Design, Res. Asst. Erdinç Kaygusuz examined the representation of horror in digital games from an academic perspective.
Interdisciplinary academic learning in game studies
The Faculty of Art and Design hosted Res. Asst. Erdinç Kaygusuz, who is pursuing doctoral research on horror video games at Ankara University’s Institute of Social Sciences.
A member of the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) and the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), Kaygusuz approached the representation of horror in digital games from an academic perspective in his talk titled “The Problem of Genre in Video Games and the Reframing of Horror”.
Followed with great interest by Faculty of Art and Design students, the event offered a productive, interdisciplinary experience.