A digital devil’s saga: representation(s) of the demon in recent videogames
This paper investigates the use of demons in videogames. It analyses how representations of demons in videogames replicate and subvert theological and socio-historic representations. While demons can be seen as ‘loans’ from Christianity, their representations in videogames often rely on syntheses of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Heidelberg University Publishing
2015
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Online - Heidelberg journal of religions on the internet
Year: 2015, Volume: 7, Pages: 139-160 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Video game
/ Computer game
/ Demon (Motif)
/ Devil
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| Further subjects: | B
Demonology
B Enlightenment B Evil B Videogames B Humanism B Secularism |
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