Voyage au centre de la chair : l’exploration miniature du corps humain dans les jeux vidéo by Fleur Hopkins

“…This paper studies the theme of traveling through a body, human or even monstrous, in science fiction video games. We can identify five types of inner travels : a struggle with a living being, who has just swallowed the hero to destroy him and that needs to be annihilated from the inside ; a marvelous exploration meant to learn more about the human body ; shooting or strategy games that take place within the body ; an army patrol in a sick body, in order to fight the disease that is taking over the player ; augmented and virtual reality displays that enable doctors to see through the body, made transparent. …”
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