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The Aesthetics of Difficulty: Theory and Motifs in Video Games

Mateo Terrasa Torres

Shangrila, Valencia, 2022. 120 pp.

ReceivedJanuary 9, 2026

AcceptedJanuary 14, 2026

In recent years, the field of Game Studies has been opening up compelling epistemological pathways for rethinking video game narrative design in light of the gameplay experience. Terrasa Torres’s work The Aesthetics of Difficulty: Theory and Motifs in Video Games makes a particularly significant contribution in this regard.

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ENCINAS CANTALAPIEDRA, Arturo. The Aesthetics of Difficulty: Theory and Motifs in Video Games. Comunicación y Hombre, [s.l.], n. 22, 2026. ISSN 1885-365X. Available at: https://comunicacionyhombre.com/en/article/the-aesthetics-of-difficulty-theory-and-motifs-in-video-games/ Date accessed: 27 Jan. 2026

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