Unit 3: Environment - Supporting Research for Written Assignment

Analysing the perils of the Uncanny Valley in Video games - David Cage’s “Heavy Rain” (2010)

Websites on the Uncanny & the Uncanny Valley in Video Games

Uncanny: L.A. Noire, Blade Runner, and gaming's quest to capture humanity
http://www.theverge.com/2011/06/22/uncanny-valley-la-noire-blade-runner-heavy-rain/

Freud’s Essay on the Uncanny – Online Version
http://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/freud1.pdf

Reviews on Heavy Rain

IGN Review: Heavy Rain
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/106/1067755p1.html

Gamespot Review: Heavy Rain
http://uk.gamespot.com/heavy-rain/reviews/heavy-rain-review-6251617?tag=summary%3Bread-review

Eurogamer Review: Heavy Rain
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/heavy-rain-review

Kotaku Review: Heavy Rain
http://kotaku.com/5468585/heavy-rain-review-no-wrong-conclusion

Books on the Uncanny Valley Origin & it’s use in Video Games

Reset: Video Games & Psychotherapy
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cGdh1_UBx3kC&pg=PT51&dq=the+uncanny+in+games&hl=en&ei=eJzmTtvhAYu08QP1y-XiAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&sqi=2&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

User Centric Media: First International Conference
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ti8WoFmQHdoC&pg=PA68&dq=the+uncanny+valley&hl=en&ei=go3mToiWLIKr8AOLnbyUBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=the%20uncanny%20valley&f=false

Illustrations on Heavy Rain & CG Uncanny

uncanny-rain-rm-timn.jpg
http://cdn2.sbnation.com/imported_assets/845500/uncanny-rain-rm-timn.jpg

450px-Mori_Uncanny_Valley.svg.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Mori_Uncanny_Valley.svg/450px-Mori_Uncanny_Valley.svg.png

Heavy-Rain-Face-Close-Up-580x326.jpg
http://www.toy-tma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Heavy-Rain-Face-Close-Up-580x326.jpg

heavy-rain-raindrops-wallpaper-concept-art.jpg
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/heavy-rain-raindrops-wallpaper-concept-art.jpg

tron-legacy-jeff-bridges-uncanny-valley.jpg
http://livingwithanerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/tron-legacy-jeff-bridges-uncanny-valley.jpg

lanoire2.jpg
http://createdigitalmotion.com/files/2010/12/lanoire2.jpg