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“Are You Sure the Only You is You?”: Domestic Violence and Critiquing the Other in the Spectral Remains of P.T.
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. (FGF)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2433-9618
2024 (English)In: Video Games, Crime, and Control: Getting Played, London: Routledge, 2024, p. 51-69Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This chapter will provide a critical analysis of the highly influential Playable Teaser (P.T.) for the now-canceled game Silent Hills. The aim of this chapter is to critically examine the narratives of domestic violence in P.T., interrogating the portrayal of perpetrators of such violence and how this relates to the public imaginary of domestic violence. This chapter will argue that not only is domestic violence central to the narrative of P.T., but by rooting domestic violence in the mundane, the game also provides a critique against the Othering of domestic violence perpetrators commonly found in popular culture narratives. Drawing on popular criminology and inspiration from ghost ethnography, this chapter will also explore the lingering societal impact of P.T. as a cultural text, particularly considering the precariousness of P.T. as a canceled and deleted game. Overall, P.T. provides an important critique against the Othering and demonization of domestic violence perpetrators commonly found in the public imaginary of such violence, allowing for a critical, more nuanced understanding of offending behavior. 

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London: Routledge, 2024. p. 51-69
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Peace and Conflict Studies Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-52160DOI: 10.4324/9781003346869-4Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85209869779ISBN: 9781032388038 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-52160DiVA, id: diva2:1890316
Available from: 2024-08-19 Created: 2024-08-19 Last updated: 2025-09-25Bibliographically approved

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