Table of Contents
Introduction: Video Games, Cognition, Affect and Emotion Bernard Perron Felix Schroter 1
Cognition
1 Narrative Comprehension and Video Game Storyworlds Jan-Noël Thon 15
2 My Avatar and Me: Toward a Cognitive Theory of Video Game Characters Felix Schröter 32
3 Hit It: Core Cognitive Structures and the Fighting Game Andreas Gregersen 53
4 It's Not Just Hands: Embodiment Aspects in Gameplay Jana Rambusch 71
Affect
5 Expressive and Affective Gameplay with Technologies Rikke Toft Nørgárd 87
6 Games of the Heart and Mind: Affective Ludology and the Development of Emotionally Aware Player Experiences Lennart E. Nacke Rina R. Wehbe Samantha N. Stahlke Pedro A. Noguiera 105
7 Flying on the Ground: Driving for Pleasure in Digital Racing Simulation Games Simon Niedenthal 126
8 Affective Spaces and Audiovisual Metaphors in Video Games Kathrin Fahlenbrach 141
Emotion
9 Video Game Sadness from Planetfall to Passage Jonathan Frome 158
10 Representing Childhood, Triggering Emotions: Child Characters in Video Games Susanne Eichner 174
11 Emotions in Video Games: Are You Concerned? Bernard Perron 189
About the Contributors 211
Index 215