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A world beyond our understanding : madman’s knowledge ; [Part of] Scholar's Codex
| Title: | A world beyond our understanding : madman’s knowledge ; [Part of] Scholar's Codex |
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| Authors: | Gualeni, Stefano |
| Publisher Information: | Tune & Fairweather |
| Publication Year: | 2026 |
| Collection: | University of Malta: OAR@UM / L-Università ta' Malta |
| Subject Terms: | Bloodborne (Video game), Video games -- Philosophy, Aesthetics, Video games -- Design, Survival-horror video games, Sublime, The, Dark Souls (Video game), Digital storytelling |
| Description: | The item 'Madman’s Knowledge' in FromSoftware's 2016 action-adventure Bloodborne is a game element that contributes to the developer's infamous pursuit of a ludic aesthetics of failure. This particular object leverages two kinds of obfuscation of game-related information: one that places it forever beyond the player’s grasp, and one that can eventually be dispelled through direct experience and recourse to secondary sources. While the latter can be turned into familiar drivel, the former (often referred to as fictional incompleteness) is a mystery that is meant to remain unsolved. In their unique ways, both kinds of informational deficiency evoke fictional worlds whose mystery and greatness extend beyond the limited scope and content of any creative work. ; non peer-reviewed |
| Document Type: | book part |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 978-1-916740-29-7 1-916740-29-4 |
| Relation: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/147981 |
| Availability: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/147981 |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.E1FB5538 |
| Database: | BASE |
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