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eGods : faith versus fantasy in computer gaming
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bainbridge, William Sims, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Video games--Social aspects.
- Video games.
- Fantasy games--Social aspects.
- Fantasy games.
- Video games--Religious aspects.
- Fantasy games--Religious aspects.
- Role playing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource. : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- William Bainbridge contends that the worlds of massively multiplayer online roleplaying games provide a new perspective on the human quest, one that combines the arts and simulates most aspects of real life. The quests in gameworlds also provide meaning for human action, in terms of narratives about achieving goals by overcoming obstacles.
- Contents:
- Disbelief
- Culture game
- Deities
- Souls
- Priests
- Shrines
- Magic
- Morality
- Cults
- Death
- Quests
- Gameworlds.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Mar. 12, 2013).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-932371-2
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