The God in the Machine : Occultism, Demiurgic Theology and “Gnostic” Self-Knowledge in Japanese Video Games
Författare
Redaktör
- Linus Larsson
- Daniel Goldberg
Summary, in English
The article explores influences from Old Testament and Gnostic sources upon Japanese video game culture and also discusses the relationship between the player and the played in said games - from a perspective rooted in an exegesis of such texts. It also concerns the pop-culture climate of the 1990s and early 2000s in this context.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2015
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
235-256
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
The State of Play : Creators and Critics on Video Game Culture
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Seven Stories Press
Ämne
- Religious Studies
Nyckelord
- dark 90s
- western esotericism
- culture studies
- old testament
- final fantasy
- video games
- hebrew bible
- gnosticism
- deadly premonition
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 9781609806392