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Academic Chat: "Detention" and Other Horror Videogames: Avatars, Memory and Trauma
Episode 14

Academic Chat: "Detention" and Other Horror Videogames: Avatars, Memory and Trauma

An interview with Chee-Hann Wu

New Books in Communications · Marshall Poe

June 24, 202335m 38s

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Show Notes

The host of this episode, Adina Zemanek, interviewed Chee-Hann Wu, who obtained her PhD in Drama and Theatre from the University of California, Irvine and UC San Diego. They talked about the following themes: horror videogames in Taiwan and historical trauma; the potential roles of such games for local and international audiences, and thus for Taiwan's cultural diplomacy; traditional puppetry and avatars; and recent state support for local game production.

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