The Psychology of Zelda: Linking Our World to the Legend of Zelda
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The Psychology of Zelda: Linking Our World to the Legend of Zelda Series
Editor: Dr. Anthony Bean
Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
Condition: NEW
Video game sales as a whole have continued to grow, now raking in twice as much money per year as the entire film industry, and countless psychologists have turned their attention to the effects gaming has on us: our confidence, our identity, and our personal growth. The Psychology of Zelda applies the latest psychological findings, plus insights from classic psychology theory, to Link, Zelda, Hyrule, and the players who choose to wield the Master Sword.
In The Psychology of Zelda, psychologists who love the games ask:
- How do Link's battles in Ocarina of Time against Dark Link, his monstrous doppelganger, mirror the difficulty of confronting our personal demons and the tendency to be our own worst enemies?
- What lessons about pursuing life's greater meaning can we take away from Link's quests through Hyrule, beyond the stereotypical video game scenario of rescuing a Princess (Zelda)?
- What do we experience as players when we hear that familiar royal lullaby on the ocarina, Saria's spirited melody in the Lost Woods, or the iconic main theme on the title screen?
- How do the obstacles throughout Majora's Mask represent the Five Stages of Grief?
- What can Link's journey to overcome the loss of the fairy Navi teach us about understanding our own grief and depression?
- Why are we psychologically drawn to the game each and every time a new version becomes available even when they all have a similar storyline?
CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction
Embodying the Virtual Hero: A Link to the Self
It's Dangerous to Go Alone: The Hero's Journey in the Legend of Zelda
The Nocturne of (Personal) Shadow
The Archetypal Attraction
Unmasking Grief: Five Stages of Grief Model to The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Protective Power of Destiny: Post-Traumatic Growth in the Legend of Zelda
The Quest for Meaning in the Legend of Zelda
The Song of the Ritos: The Psychology of the Music within the Legend of Zelda Series
Triforce Heroes and Heroines: Transcending the Opposites Through the Golden Power
The Legend Herself: From Damsel in Distress to Princess of Power
Acknowledgments
About the Editor
Dr. Bean utilizes video game character identification techniques and other archetypal experiences to understand and develop intrinsic motivations for playing, personal identity, and discovering conscious and unconscious conflicts, cognitions, and behaviors. He has worked with children, adolescents, and adults on discovering their own symbolic transformations through the playing of video games and dealing with depression, trauma, anxiety, social isolation, and other common diagnoses to great success.
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