Virtually Sacred: Sacred Space, Ritual, and Narrative in Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and The Talos Principle
This article explores the use of sacred space in contemporary video games, arguing that there are two dominant moments of unconsciously secular engagement with sacred space that are quite common in gaming, and are present, in particular, in the Assassin's Creed and Far Cry seriesone attracting...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2017]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2017, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-68 |
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Assassin's Creed (Computerspiel, Serie)
/ Far Cry (Game) (Computerspiel, Serie)
/ The Talos Principle
/ Sanctuary
/ Ritual
/ Secularization
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion CD Christianity and Culture |
| Further subjects: | B
Play
B Far Cry (Game) B Notre Dame Cathedral B Sacred Space B historiographical metafiction B Assassin's Creed B Fez B Monument Valley B The Talos Principle B Secularism |
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| Summary: | This article explores the use of sacred space in contemporary video games, arguing that there are two dominant moments of unconsciously secular engagement with sacred space that are quite common in gaming, and are present, in particular, in the Assassin's Creed and Far Cry seriesone attracting the gamer to the space, the second transgressing the rituals of reverence associated with the space. There is a third, less dominant, perhaps emerging trend in gameplay that recreates sacred space and attitudes according to the semiotics and/or spatial reconfiguration internal to the game. I critique this approach in Monument Valley, Fez, and The Talos Principle. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.29.1.3976 |