From Detention to Devotion: Historical Horror and Gaming Politics in Taiwan

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dc.contributor.authorWu, Chia-rong
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-10T00:21:40Z
dc.date.available2022-10-10T00:21:40Z
dc.date.issued2022en
dc.date.updated2022-08-08T08:45:16Z
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>This article provides a theoretical review of Detention (Fanxiao 返校) and Devotion (Huanyuan 還願) by Red Candle Games. The international recognition received by these two horror video games is unprecedented in the history of Taiwan. The first part of the article surveys the design and production of the two horror-themed games, both set in the Martial Law period of the island-state. While Detention combines individual and collective memories of the White Terror and the dreadful atrocities committed by the Kuomingtang (KMT) government during the 1960s, Devotion is centred on the parent-child relationship and religious frenzy on the island in the early 1980s, with a focus on a small Taiwanese family. Both games insightfully capture the representation of horror in response to socio-political turmoil and cult culture in the specific historical contexts of the local community. In the second part, the article addresses the issue of how the two video games subtly speak to local and cross-Strait politics via the horror genre. Through a Sinophone lens, this article brings into focus the complex representation of gaming politics and examines how Red Candle Games repackages and revitalizes the horror genre in the videoludic world.</jats:p>en
dc.identifier.citationWu C-R From Detention to Devotion: Historical Horror and Gaming Politics in Taiwan. British Journal of Chinese Studies. 12(2). 46-62.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.51661/bjocs.v12i2.166
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/104549
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBritish Association for Chinese Studiesen
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stateden
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::47 - Language, communication and culture::4702 - Cultural studies::470202 - Asian cultural studiesen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::47 - Language, communication and culture::4702 - Cultural studies::470214 - Screen and media cultureen
dc.titleFrom Detention to Devotion: Historical Horror and Gaming Politics in Taiwanen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
uc.collegeFaculty of Arts
uc.departmentLanguage, Social and Political Sciences
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