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When we think about sex in video games, we think of the classic Leisure Suit Larry, or the crude representations that are a reward for the player rather than a part of the plot. Some games take a different approach. Melek discusses sex in gaming with gaming journalist Nina Kiel and sexologist Jan Winter.

Sex in Video Games

Melek discusses sex in gaming with gaming journalist Nina Kiel and sexologist Jan Winter

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Some video games created the soundtrack to the childhood of a generation. Who can forget the catchy Tetris music, the hopping theme of Super Mario Bros, or the intro of PacMan? Since then, video game music has become more and more cinematic. Author Damien Mecheri and Trinity trace the development of music throughout the history of gaming.

Let The Music Play

Some video games created the soundtrack to the childhood of a generation

In literature and cinema, it is often the bad guys who captivate us the most. In video games, you can actually become them: the iconic Dark Vader (Star Wars: the Force Unleashed), a violent psychopath (Man Hunt), or even an immigration officer (Paper Please). Trinity and Yann Leroux plunge into the dark side of video games.

Bad Guys

In literature and cinema, it is often the bad guys who captivate us the most. In video games, you can actually become them

History is a playground for game designers. Sybile Collas (Narrative designer) and Trinity go back to WW1 in Battlefield 1, rewrite history with Wolfenstein: The New Order, and discover an imagined history in Bioshock Infinite. Utopia, dystopia or uchrony, why these genres so compelling?

Alternate History

History is a playground for game designers

The quest is a key part of heroic fantasy series. In gaming, it becomes a means to challenge the player but also to provoke emotions and create a real immersive experience. Trinity invites Lionel Davoust (SF author) to analyse the importance of the quest through Zelda, The Witcher 3 and Eve Online.

Quests

The quest is a key part of heroic fantasy series

Can video games, just like movies, be comedies? Usul and Trinity analyse how humour works in Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and The Stanley Parable. The burlesque, irony, or the absurd, often take centre stage in these types of games. It's what makes them worth playing.

Humour

Usul and Trinity analyse how humour works in Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and The Stanley Parable

An entire genre of video games have only one goal: to frighten us. What are the techniques used to scare us silly, and what can they teach us about our own anxieties? Melek chats to Benjamin Rostalski as they attempt to survive Resident Evil, Slender and Dead by Daylight.

Horror Games

What are the techniques that horror games use to scare us silly, and what can they teach us about our own anxieties?

In Fallout 4, H1Z1, or The Forest, the player must survive in different hostile environments, whether prehistory, a desert island, a post apocalyptic world, or zombies. What drives us to want to prepare for the end of the world? Sociologist Bertrand Vidal and Trinity explain how these games tap into our most fundamental impulse: the will to survive.

Survival Games

 Sociologist Bertrand Vidal and Trinity explain how these games tap into our most fundamental impulse: the will to survive

"I'm really unlucky," says every gamer on a losing streak Conversely, a gamer who beats his or her opponents, or makes it to the next level, rarely puts this down to pure luck. When it comes to generating good luck in games, can we game the system?

Luck

When it comes to generating good luck in games, can we game the system?

Sometimes it's hard to resist the urge not to throw your gaming console out of the window when you get those uniquely annoying words - GAME OVER - on the screen. Where does this frustration come from? Melek talks to journalist Dennis Kogel and psychologist Andrew Przybylski, as they play some games. Slightly annoying games.

Frustration

Sometimes it's hard to resist the urge not to throw your gaming console out of the window when you get those uniquely annoying words - GAME OVER - on the screen

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