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"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.
When you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.“ – Friedrich Nietzche
Elements of Gameplay
• Music• Camera• Pace of Game• Environment• Scares vs. Atmosphere (i.e. RE vs. SH)
Gender
• Strong women roles
– Heather and Claudia (SH3)
– Jill Valentine (RE, RE3)
– Claire Redfield (RE2, RE:CV)
• Gender equality
• Antiheroes – “everyday” people, rarely brave, courageous or admirable
• Resident Evil series
– “Night of the Living Dead”
– “Dawn of the Dead”
– “Day of the Dead”
• Silent Hill series
• “Jacob’s Ladder”
• Kuon, Fatal Frame series, Siren
• “Ju-on” (“The Grudge”)
• “Ringu” (“The Ring”)
• Obscure
• John Hughes high school teen movie stereotypes (stock characters / archetypes)
• Loner, Nerd, Jock, Stoner, Cheerleader, etc.
• “Pretty in Pink,” “Sixteen Candles,” “The Breakfast Club”
• “The Faculty”
Links to FilmLinks to Film
History of Horror
• Legends/mythology
– Vampires
– Demons
– Ghosts
– Zombies/Undead
• Film
– Nosferatu (1922)
• Literature
– H.P. Lovecraft
– Edgar Allen Poe
– Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”
– Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”
• Video Games– Uninvited (NES)– Sweet Home (NES)– Alone in the Dark (PC)– Doom (PC)– Resident Evil (PS)– Silent Hill (PS)
Art, Poetry & Music
• H.R. Giger (1940-)– Horror/surrealist painter & sculptor– Designer of “Alien” for the movies– CD cover artist, connections with
artists such as: KoRn, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Gwar
• Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)– Surrealist painter
• The Beat movement– Hippie Movement
Gothic Culture• Common Symbols:
– Skull– Occult symbols / Pentacle– Blood
• What is it?– Unique music, art, and literature– Black clothing, makeup, unusual hair, etc.– Medieval, Victorian, Edwardian history
• Common Stereotypes– Satanists (Marilyn Manson)– Depressed– Violent– Suicidal– Artistic
Game Examples
• Obscure• Siren• Kuon• Manhunt• The Suffering• Doom series• Fatal Frame series• Silent Hill series• Resident Evil series
BibliographyIMAGES:• http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0002AOPAE.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg• http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v33/majincroku/shcultsymbol.jpg• http://www.gamecritics.com/feature/artgallery/silenthill2/art01.jpg• http://www.gamecritics.com/feature/artgallery/silenthill2/art03.jpg• http://www.bobotheseal.com/temp/other/American-Gothic.jpg• http://faculty.evansville.edu/rl29/art105/img/wood_amgothic.jpg• http://www.silenthillheaven.com/Site/SHdvd/Creature/Pic_23.jpg• http://www.goldenaby.ru/GoldenAby_english/images/Kitten_2weeks.jpg• http://www.slbradio.com/kitties.jpg• http://www.geocities.com/kornonthekobb02/peachyface.JPG
VIDEO SHORTS:• Cunningham, Chris. “Come to Daddy.” The Work of Director Chris Cunningham. 2003.• Romero, George A. “Night of the Living Dead.” 1968.
OTHER:• Beyonce. “Crazy In Love.” Dangerously in Love. 2003.• Konami. “Float up from dream.” Silent Hill 3 Soundtrack. 2003.• http://www.religioustolerance.org/goth.htm