Bergman vs.. Batman. Grab technical disillusion in games
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Bergman vs. Batman. Chwyt technicznej deziluzji w grach wideo na tle praktyk literackich i flmowych
Bergman vs.. Batman. Grab technical disillusion in games Video against the background of literary and film practices

Author(s): Piotr Kubiński
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Social Theory, Social Informatics
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: video-games; computer games; digital games; emersion; Bergman; Batman; technical disillusion; device of technical disillusion; defamiliarisation; Persona;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the idea of technical disillusion as an artistic device used in particular video-games. This phenomenon is analyzed using the example of Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady; 2009). Because of the far-reaching analogies with techniques present in other artistic discourses, the device of technical disillusion is also examined in the context of literature and film – especially in regards to Ingmar Bergman’s Persona. From this perspective, using technical disillusion as a device exposes its artistic potential and enables us to consider games as space for creative exploration.

  • Issue Year: 16/2015
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 113-123
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish