Building from the concept of video games in which death of the player character  is permanent (by choice or by design) three scholars shared interesting takes on the idea of permadeath. This (not so) recent trend in video game design is often seen as a response from gamers and the industry to the oversimplification and casualisation of the medium. When games offer players the option to play under the restriction of a single irrecuperable life, gamers and scholars find various