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Monstrous Desires in Pornographic Videogames
Södertörn University, School of Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies, Media Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5247-6807
2026 (English)In: Proceedings of DiGRA 2026, Tampere: Digital Games Research Association , 2026Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
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https://doi.org/10.26503/dl.v2026i3.2804
Abstract [en]

This paper explores how indie pornographic videogames represent and sexualise monstrosity. Twenty-five games were analysed using qualitative content analysis to examine how design, narrative, and visual elements articulate the relationship between sexuality, fear, and taboo. Three recurring themes emerged: Sexy, Not Human, and Horny; Monstrous Seduction and the Erosion of Will; and Dominance, Violence, and Sexual Control. These themes reveal how pornographic horror games mobilise the monstrous body as a site where desire, disgust, and transgression intersect. These games employ mechanics and aesthetics that invite players to engage with fantasies of danger, submission, and control. The fusion of attraction and repulsion becomes a core ludic and affective dynamic, shaping how players experience the interplay of pleasure and horror. The analysis argues that such games reconfigure cultural narratives of gender and sexuality through interactive design, positioning the monstrous body as both object of desire and vehicle for exploring the limits of acceptable pleasure. 

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Tampere: Digital Games Research Association , 2026.
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monster, pornography, single-player videogames, desire
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Human Computer Interaction
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-61133DOI: 10.26503/dl.v2026i3.2804OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-61133DiVA, id: diva2:2093286
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DIGRA 2026, Intersectional Pleasures, Maynooth University, Ireland, 14-18 June 2026
Available from: 2026-08-18 Created: 2026-08-18 Last updated: 2026-08-21Bibliographically approved

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