Maker’s breath: religion, magic, and the ‘godless’ world of BioWare’s Dragon Age II (2011)
The core conflict of BioWare’s 2011 digital role-playing game Dragon Age II places the Christianesque Chantry in opposition to both the hierarchical Qunari and the Circle of Magi. In Dragon Age II religious beliefs, particularly those of the Chantry, prove destructive; by demonstrating the chaos of...
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2014
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Online - Heidelberg journal of religions on the internet
Year: 2014, Volume: 5, Pages: 134-161 |
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