Reconfiguring Daoist Cultivation in a Video Game: A Case Study of AMAZING CULTIVATION SIMULATOR
With AMAZING CULTIVATION SIMULATOR (GSQ Studio, CN 2019) as a case study, this article analyses how this video game reconfigures the practice of self-cultivation, which has deep roots in religious Daoism, and how it was inspired by online novels in a contemporary context. The game draws on Daoist wo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie
2023
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Journal for religion, film and media
Year: 2023, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 105-132 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Amazing Cultivation Simulator
/ Innere Alchemie
/ Practice
/ Taoism
/ Transformation
/ Novel
/ History 1900-2023
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism KBM Asia TK Recent history ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
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Chinese Religion
B Daoism B (Self-)Cultivating B Game Studies B Chinese Indie Game |
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