Contemplation, Subcreation, and Video Games

This essay asks how religion and theological ideas might be made manifest in video games, and particularly the creation of video games as a religious activity, looking at contemplative experiences in video games, and the creation and world-building of game worlds as a form of Tolkienian subcreation,...

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Main Author: Wolf, Mark J. P. 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2018]
In: Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 5, Pages: 1-7
Further subjects:B Contemplation
B imaginary worlds
B Subcreation
B Video Games
B Religion
B world-building
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