Name: Horror Games - Art of Gaming
Uploaded: 2017-06-30T00:00:00.000+02:00
Duration: 621 s
Description: 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.

Art of Gaming

Horror Games

Art of Gaming: Juegos de terror

Art of Gaming: Horror Games

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.

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

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What happens when cinema meets video games? Trinity investigates with scriptwriter Jean-Luc Cano by playing ‘Life is Strange’, ‘Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’ and ‘Beyond: Two Souls’.

What happens when cinema meets video games? Trinity investigates with scriptwriter Jean-Luc Cano. 

Lights, Cameras, Action!

Melek visits VR developers Illusion Walk at their Berlin offices and tries out the latest in virtual reality gaming technology.

Melek visits tries out the latest in VR gaming technology at Illusion Walk in Berlin.

Virtual Reality

Open world games such as ‘Grand Theft Auto’ offer an immense territory for the player to explore. But is this just an illusion of liberty? Trinity and Sébastien Genvo explore ‘Skyrim’, ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ and ‘Shadow of the Colossus’.

Open world games offer an immense territory for players to explore. But is this just an illusion of liberty?

Open Worlds

Melek and Dennis Niewerth, sociologist and consultant at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven, dive in and explore worlds of water in video games.

Melek and Dennis Niewerth dive in and explore worlds of water in video games.

Water

Why do people play sports video games instead of going outside and playing real sports? Trinity and e-sports commentator Brak play ‘Kick Off Revival’, ‘NBA 2k18’ and ‘Top Spin 4’.

Why do people play sports video games instead of going outside and playing real sports?

Virtual Ball Games

Melek Balgün and games designer Anjin Anhut test out combat games with titles such as ‘Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting’, ‘Nidhogg 2’ and the atypical game ‘Johann Sebastian Joust’.

Melek Balgün and games designer Anjin Anhut focus on combat games.

Fighting Games

Do we play video games in the same way around the world? Trinity along with gaming blogger Diraen explore video games made by different cultures: They play “Gravity Rush”, “Dynasty Warriors 8” and “Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan”.

Trinity along with gaming blogger Diraen explore video games made by different cultures.

Around the World

How are dreams represented in video games? Melek and gaming critic Stephan Greitemeier play ‘Dream’, ‘The Dream Machine’ and ‘The Evil Within 2’, entering unnerving sleeping worlds that sometimes turn into nightmares.

How are dreams represented in video games?

Dream of Virtual Sheep

Doors can be scary in games such as ‘Resident Evil’ and ‘Silent Hill: The Room’. What lies behind these mysterious portals? Trinity plays and discusses their significance with gaming writer Jean Zeid.

Doors in can be scary in games such as ‘Resident Evil’’. What lies behind these portals?

Hold the Door

In some games, the text isn't just a signpost that signals a change in the action. It's integrated into the very nature of the game itself. Melek plays games that challenge our perception of the role of text in her video game alongside her guest, Lisa Gotto, a media sociologist.

What happens when the game is text and text is the game? 

Typographic Video Gaming

The goal of the platform games is clear: get from one end to the other - from left to right - without dying. Do this enough times and you'll reach a boss, before making it to another level and the cycle starts all over again. But despite how simple the formula sounds, it's actually a genre full of some of the hardest video games, such as Cuphead and Super Meat Boy. Even with Super Mario or Inside, you know you'll have to see your avatar die on a regular basis.

Playing a platform game like Super Mario means that you have to be OK with the fact that you'll watch your avatar die on a regular basis

Jump 'n' Run

Melek Balgün plays "Anno 1404", "World of Warcraft" and "That Dragon, Cancer" with Andreas Lange, and interviews Tobias Knoll about how players perceive religion in games.

Melek Balgün interviews Tobias Knoll about how players perceive religion in video games.

Religion Art of Gaming

It seems that nearly all computer games are based on capitalist ideology, always collecting and amassing possessions whether they be gold coins, apples or weapons. With philosopher Mathieu Triclot, Trinity explores the political ideology of video games.

Always amassing things whether it is gold coins, apples or weapons.... Are all video games capitalist?

Capitalism

Two lines and a dot were enough for Pong to conquer the video game world. Melek Balgün looks at minimalist games Duet, Hook, Necrosphere and Limbo with specialist researcher Sebastian Standke

Melek Balgün looks at minimalist games Duet, Hook, Necrosphere and Limbo with researcher Sebastian Standke.

As simple as that

The first person perspective allows the player to truly embody the character and immerse themselves in the game.

First Person Perspective

Video game photographer Martin Geisler shows us with examples from “Skyrim”, “the Hunter” and “Squad” that photography within gameplay has become as art form.

Video game photographer Martin Geisler shows us that photography within gameplay has become as art form.

In-Game Photography

Love is a major theme running through all art forms. From the medieval chivalry of ‘The Witcher 3’ to the consumerist world of  ‘The Sims’, how is it represented in gaming?

Love is a major theme running through all art forms. How is it represented in gaming?

Love is a Game

Don’t play with your food! we were all told as children. In video games from Pac-man to the latest survival titles like “Don’t Starve”, the opposite is true.

Don’t play with your food! we were told as children. But with video games we always have...

Eat it!

How does it feel to cross deserts, prairies or forests in a virtual environment? Melek and her guest play ‘Red Dead Redemption’, ‘Firewatch’ and ‘Flame and Flood’ and discuss how nature is represented in art, films, and gaming.

Melek and her guest play ‘Red Dead Redemption’, ‘Firewatch’ and ‘Flame and Flood’ and discuss how nature is represented.

Nature

Female representation in video games has long been a source of frustration for female gamers. Protagonists were almost always male with female characters often reduced to sexual objects. Things have changed since Lara Croft and “Horizon Zero Dawn”.

Female representation in video games has long been a source of frustration for female gamers. 

Women as Heroes

Why are racing games so popular? Sports science researcher, Nicolas Besombes, is Trinity’s guest in this episode all about speed. Featured titles are “Sonic Mania” and two racing classics: “Gran Turismo” and “Wipeout”.

Sports science researcher Nicolas Besombes is Trinity’s guest in this episode all about our need for speed.

Go Fast

In the human mind monsters have always existed, finding representation in myths and sagas all over the world.  But what is our peculiar fascination with terrifying beasts in video gaming?

Monsters haunt the human mind. What is our peculiar fascination with them in video gaming?

Monsters

Why are there so many birds in video games? This episode of Art of Gaming is going to find out with a survey of the best bird-theme games.

Why are there so many birds in video games?

Birds in Gaming

The multiplayer mode in gaming lets you play against your family, your friends, and even people you've never met before. How does playing against a real person change how you view the game, and how you play?

How does playing against a real person change how you view the game?

Versus

Do video games make us lonely? This is what the media often implies. And yet today, it's impossible to be a good MMORPG player without also beign in a team. Many games require effective cooperation to advance to the next level. So, are video games actually a way of improving our social skills?

Team Spirit

Trinity and Thomas Gaon, a psychologist, cheerfully kill each other in Call of Duty 4, and then team up to destroy their enemies. Sounds healthy to you? In this episode, Trinity tries to understand why we enjoy killing characters in video games so much.

In this episode, Trinity tries to understand why we enjoy killing characters in video games so much

The Act of Killing

Video games are often full of action and face-to-face showdowns. But sometimes they can also leave the player alone with his thoughts, giving him or her a sensation of solitude and the space for introspection. Melek analyses the genre with three loneliness experts: an ESA astronaut trainer, a philosopher and a media specialist.

Melek analyses loneliness with three loneliness experts: an ESA astronaut trainer, a philosopher and a media specialist

Art of Gaming - Loneliness

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.

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

Let The Music Play

Some worlds in games seem lifeless, but for most games, background characters are part of what makes the games so vibrant and convincing. Though powered by an algorithm, these characters can come to feel like friends. Via Bioshock: Infinite, Transistor and Gears of War 3, Melek and her guest Jonathan Harth, a sociologist, analyse the different forms that these characters can take.

For most games, background characters are part of what makes the games so vibrant and convincing

Ghost in the Machine

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.

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

Humour

Video games, unlike other forms of art, have to integrate instructions into the game. But how do you integrate instructions creatively, without being overbearing but still getting the message across? Melek talks through the issues with Jörg Friedrich, a game designer, as they play Spelunky, Warcraft 3 and Far Cry.

How do you integrate instructions creatively, without being overbearing but still getting the message across?

Tutorials

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.

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

Bad Guys

Above, below, left, right. Our sense of direction comes naturally to us. But how do you create this sense of realistic, physical space in video games? And if gravity is optional, how can a game mantain a sense of realism?

How do you create a sense of realistic, physical space in video games?

Orientation

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?

History is a playground for game designers

Alternate History

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.

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

Sex in Video Games

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Portugal’s most famous singer of the twentieth century and Queen of Fado, Amália Rodrigues passed away in 1999. Beloved by all Portuguese people rich and poor, she became an ambassador for the Portuguese art of Fado, this music that expresses the unique Portuguese melancholic yearning that is  Saudade.

Portugal’s most famous singer of the twentieth century, Amália Rodrigues passed away in 1999. Beloved by all Portuguese people rich and poor, she became an ambassador for the Portuguese art of Fado.

Amália Rodrigues and the World of Fado

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TWIST

With Estonia celebrating 30 years of independence this year, TWIST goes to Tallinn to discover the city’s cultural scene.

Estonia: Young, Digital, Provocative

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With globalisation and its effects on production, distribution and consumption, fashion is undergoing a massive makeover

Antwerp: Fashion Crazy

Tbilisi has successfully preserved its cultural heritage, but the city is also a hotbed of design and art. It's a place of both past and future, full of renewal and change. 

Tbilisi has successfully preserved its cultural heritage, but the city is also a hotbed of design and art

Georgia's Culture Scene

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The body has been a central motif in art for centuries. What place does it have in the digital world?

The Body and Art

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Cultural magazine show Twist visits the South Tyrol region to talk mountain culture with alpinist Reinhold Messner, local singer-songwriter Max von Milland and alphorn virtuoso Eliana Burki.

The Call of the Mountain - South Tyrol

Copenhagen has set itself the ambitious target of becoming carbon neutral by 2025. Cultural magazine show Twist goes to the Danish capital to meet star architect Bjarke Ingels, artist Christian Zwaanikken and the group Scarlet Pleasure.

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Copenhagen: Carbon Neutral Metropolis

Everything moves continuously. Immobility does not exist. So said Swiss avant-garde artist Jean Tinguely, famous for his kinetic sculptural machines. To mark 30 years since the artist’s death, the Tinguely museum in Basel is taking his works on tour. Twist finds out more in this episode dedicated to movement.

Everything moves continuously. Immobility does not exist, so said Swiss avant-garde artist Jean Tinguely. Twist finds out more in this episode dedicated to movement.

Art in Movement!

How do artists react to the increasing number of crises in the world? In the run-up to the Frankfurt Book Fair 2021 Twist meets authors responding to crises and extreme events: Booker prize winning author Douglas Stuart, Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Dangarembga and Canadian First Nations author Waubgeshig Rice.

Surviving through Art

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How does sex, identity and self-expression interlace? We explore this muli-faceted question through the lives of multiple Berliners, starting with four voguing performers who've created a safe space for themselves, and an asexual model who posts sexy pictures online. Next we visit a hypersexual couple and discover puppy play with Marion and Leo.

Streetphilosophy

How does sex, identity and self-expression interlace? We explore this muli-faceted question through the lives of multiple Berliners

Embrace Your Sexuality!

The Bronx, 1973: A new subculture is emerging and spreading all over New York: Graffiti. In these first episodes meet the early pioneers such as LEE, FUTURA 2000 and SKEME and how they were influenced by the film ‘Wild Style’.

THE ORIGINS | 1973 - 1982

The Bronx, 1973: A new subculture is emerging and spreading all over New York: Graffiti.

The Rise of Graffiti Writing – From New York To Europe (1/10)

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A new substance is taking Europe by storm: cannabidiol (or CBD) from the hemp plant. Available as an oil, herbal tea, spray or cream, it is said to have soothing properties and can relieve stress.

Re: The CBD Revolution

In Germany’s most populous state of North-Rhine Westphalia, close to many major cities, lies a vast haven of calm and nature; the Eifel National Park. An experiment is being carried out on this vast forested land: Management of the forest has been stopped allowing it to return to its natural state.  

A Forest in Development

The Eifel National Park

How we represent our world in maps depends on our perspective. For many centuries Europeans have put their continent in the centre and on top of their maps, the Chinese likewise placed the Middle Kingdom in the centre of things. What do our maps tell us about our worldview?

Mapping the World

For centuries Europeans have put their continent in the centre of their maps, the Chinese likewise placed the Middle Kingdom in the centre of things. What do our maps tell us about our worldview?

Cartography: How We Represent the World

Many countries in the Middle East do not allow civil marriage which means that mixed-faith couples cannot easily marry. But just 30 minutes’ flight from Lebanon and Israel lies Cyprus where foreigners can easily tie the knot.

ARTE Reportage

Many countries in the Middle East do not allow civil marriage which means that mixed-faith couples cannot easily marry. Nearby Cyprus has become a centre for foreigners wanting to tie the knot.

Cyprus: Forbidden Love Island

Freddie Mercury and Queen brought Queer culture into the family home in a series of audacious music videos and live performances shown on TV at a time when homosexuality was still taboo in the media.

TAPE: Queen

White sandy beaches, clear water, tumbling waterfalls and lots of sunshine: No wonder that the Dominican Republic has become a mass tourism destination. But the Caribbean country is much more than just picture postcard views

The Dominican Republic is a mass tourism destination. But the Caribbean country is much more than just picture postcard views

Dominican Republic: The Joy of Life

In Mosul, Baghdad and Basra, Iraqi youth are responding to the chaos of war and conservatism by bringing to new forms of art to the country.

Iraq: The Power of Art

Sting appears at the Reeperbahn Festival opening gala in Hamburg performing "Rushing Water", a track from his forthcoming album "The Bridge", due for release on 19 November. Discover the track exclusively! As a bonus, one of the Police's biggest hits "Every Breath You Take".

Reeperbahn Festival 2021

Sting appears at the Reeperbahn Festival opening gala in Hamburg performing "Rushing Water", a track from his forthcoming album "The Bridge", due for release on 19 November. 

Sting - 'Rushing Water'

Second or third children born illegally during China’s One Child Policy are banned from marrying, having children or simply boarding a train. Condemned to a non-life, these ghost children do not officially exist according to the Chinese state. ARTE Reportage goes in search of these ‘Haihaizi’,  those children who should not have been born.

Arte Reportage

Second or third children born illegally during China’s One Child Policy are banned from marrying, having children or simply boarding a train. 

China's Ghost Children

In August 2020 1,500 individuals attempted to cross the straits of Dover, all looking to start a new life in Britain. Paying extortionate prices to people traffickers or going it alone in tiny dinghies, it’s a dangerous game to cross the cold waters of the world’s busiest shipping lane.

In August 2020 1,500 individuals attempted to cross the straits of Dover all looking to start a new life in Britain. Paying extortionate prices to people traffickers or going it alone in tiny dinghies, it’s a dangerous game to cross the cold waters of the world’s busiest shipping lane.

Calais: Migrants Crossing the Channel

Patrick Messina and the Orchestre National de France conducted by Bernard Haitink perform two gems of Austrian music, Mozart's Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra and Bruckner's Symphony No. 9, at the Auditorium de Radio France.

Orchestre National de France

Patrick Messina and the Orchestre National de France conducted by Bernard Haitink perform Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Bruckner's Symphony No. 9, at the Auditorium de Radio France.

Bernard Haitink and Patrick Messina Perform Mozart and Bruckner

A concert bringing together young musicians from Germany, France and Russia to perform music from these nations.
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Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1925) : Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande op. 80 (1898)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953): Violin Concerto no 1 in D major op. 19 (1923)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827): Symphony no 7 in A major op. 92 (1816)

Gala Concert from Konzerthaus Berlin

A concert bringing together young musicians from Germany, France and Russia to perform music from these nations.

Young Euro Classics

A focus on the world’s largest country by landmass. Russia is a major world power that excels in certain spheres but glaring inequality, major structural problems and Western sanctions mean it may struggle to keep up with other world powers.

Russia: Land of Contrasts

The universe is big. So big, that surely 'Earthlings' can't possibly be the only form of intelligent life. What then is the probability that extraterrestrials exist? What could they look like? Finally, wouldn't their existence force us to rethink our place in the cosmos?

The universe is big. So big, that surely 'Earthlings' can't possibly be the only form of intelligent life

Are We Alone in the Universe?

What if our lives were governed by the supernatural? Why do so many people feel the urge to connect with gods, angels and energies? The occult doesn't have a great reputation, but how bad is it really? In this episode, Jan searches for answers to his metaphysical doubts.

What if our lives were governed by the supernatural?

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