Prophecy, pre-destination, and free-form gameplay: the Nerevarine prophecy in Bethesda’s ‘Morrowind’
‘Morrowind’, Bethesda’s 2002 game, marries an explicit attachment to the type of free-form, gaming experience that allows for intensely personal character creation and role-play, with a rich and complex main storyline based on the theological concept of prophecy - the story of the reincarnation of t...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Heidelberg University Publishing
2015
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Online - Heidelberg journal of religions on the internet
Année: 2015, Volume: 7, Pages: 161-184 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
The elder scrolls. III. Morrowind (jeu vidéo)
/ Héros
/ Prophétie
/ Jeu de rôle grandeur nature
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
pre-destination
B The elder scrolls. III. Morrowind (jeu vidéo) B Narrative B user-created texts B free-form gaming B Prophecy |
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| Résumé: | ‘Morrowind’, Bethesda’s 2002 game, marries an explicit attachment to the type of free-form, gaming experience that allows for intensely personal character creation and role-play, with a rich and complex main storyline based on the theological concept of prophecy - the story of the reincarnation of the legendary hero, Indoril Nerevar. The interaction between these two aspects of the game puts Morrowind in a particular position at the point of interaction between theology and computer game design. By seeking to balance the competing demands of an explicitly prophetic main story with a free-form user experience, Morrowind produces an effective synthesis of both narrative gaming and theological prophecy in a new light which changes the common paradigm of both. This paper aims to trace and highlight the way in which this tension has been resolved within the game, relying on a voluntary understanding of prophecy and a distinct approach to narrative urgency. |
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| ISSN: | 1861-5813 |
| Contient: | In: Online - Heidelberg journal of religions on the internet
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.11588/rel.2015.0.18512 URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-rel-185126 |