The Ludic Impact of Horror Games on the Body: <i>Until Dawn, Amnesia: The Dark Descent,</i> and <i>Alien: Isolation</i>
Journal: Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies
Year: 2023

Abstract Horror video games create an enhanced sense of fear compared to film and television of the same genre due to their use of ludic elements. These ludic elements, specifically haptic game design mechanics, play conditioning, and the coding of the games themselves all bypass the screen and controller to impact the body of the player. Understanding affect as the relationship of the body to the world, video games are therefore a strong affective medium for the horror genre. Three aspects enab