Watch Online! Subterranean Gothic in Indie Videogames

On October 6th the Manchester Game Studies Network hosted a research seminar on the ethics and aesthetics of indie videogames presented by Dr Seán Travers and Charlotte Gislam. The papers considered Undertale and The Binding of Isaac, exploring the (re)presentation of violence, space and story in these underground gothic games. The papers generated a lot of interesting discussion about the ways in which contemporary indie games are challenging both players and the genre with innovative mechanics and design.

If you missed the event, you can now view the papers and the discussion on our YouTube channel, or by streaming the video below…

If you enjoyed this recorded session, you can view our archive of past events on the Videos page, or subscribe to our YouTube channel. We’d like to thank Charlotte, Sean and Matt for putting together this fantastic event and for digging deep into the ethical possibilities emerging in contemporary videogame design.