Hoedt, Madelon

Narrative design and authorship in Bloodborne: an analysis of the horror videogame

by Hoedt, Madelon

fromStudies in gaming

0 Type: Book

"In the vein of their cult-classic dark fantasy titles Demon's Souls (2009) and the Dark Souls franchise (2011, 2014, 2016), game developers FromSoftware released the bleak Gothic horror Bloodborne in 2015. Players are cast in the role of hunters in a hostile land, probing the s…

Narrative design and authorship in Bloodborne: an analysis of the horror videogame

by Hoedt, Madelon

fromStudies in gaming

0 Type: Book

"In the vein of their cult-classic dark fantasy titles Demon's Souls (2009) and the Dark Souls franchise (2011, 2014, 2016), game developers FromSoftware released the bleak Gothic horror Bloodborne in 2015. Players are cast in the role of hunters in a hostile land, probing the s…

The horror genre has always been a subject of fascination, both in popular culture and in academia, and its manifestations continue to inspire monographs and papers. These studies, however, often focus only on books and movies, whilst the genre encompasses much more: art, music,…