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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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2017]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Jahr: 2017, Band: 29, Heft: 1, Seiten: 55-68 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Assassin's Creed (Computerspiel, Serie)
/ Far Cry (Computerspiel, Serie)
/ The Talos Principle
/ Heiligtum
/ Ritual
/ Säkularisierung
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| IxTheo Notationen: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion CD Christentum und Kultur |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Far Cry
B Play 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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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.29.1.3976 |