Gaming and Grieving: Digital Games as Means of Confronting and Coping with Death
Abstract This paper explores structural similarities between playing a digital game and experiencing grief. The digital game Mandagon evokes a sense of loss through its game environment of grey mountainous landscapes, broken wooden scaffolds, and Tibetan temples and prayer flags in states of disrepa...
| Published in: | Journal of religion, media and digital culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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| In: |
Journal of religion, media and digital culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Computer game
/ Death
/ Coping
B Lamaism / Bardo / Computer game |
| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BL Buddhism ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Tibetan Buddhism
B Grief B Death B Vulnerability B Videogames B Digital Games |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (Verlag) |