The Sacred & the Digital. Critical Depictions of Religions in Video Games

• Main Author: Bosman, F.G. (Frank) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; imaginary worlds; play; Isaac; criticism of religion; games and religion studies; American history; football videogames; cults; new religious movements; subcreation; ritual practices; Ethos; digital games; stereotypes; child abuse; game-immanent; religious studies; Assassin's Creed; game mechanics; Dishonored; secular; science; religious violence; moral decision making; fundamentalism; video games; occulture; critique of religion; game; religion in games; Bible; religion studies; Western esotericism; transmedial worlds; science fiction; studies; sacred; paranormal; Mythos; karma; Fallout 3; video game; religion criticism; theology; religion; contemplation; game studies; post-apocalypse; transmedia storytelling; content analysis; transmediality; game worlds; society for psychical research; Catholicism; Horizon: Zero Dawn; storyworlds; Evangelicalism; world-building
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Video game studies are a relative young but flourishing academic discipline. But within game studies, however, the perspective of religion and spirituality is rather neglected, both by game scholars and religion scholars. While religion can take different shapes in digital games, ranging from materi...