Fictional Practices of Spirituality I: Interactive Media

book: Fictional Practices of Spirituality I

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2023

Fictional Practices of Spirituality I

Interactive Media

Edited by: Leonardo Marcato and Felix Schniz

Volume 262 in the series Edition Kulturwissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839461921

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About this book

»Fictional Practices of Spirituality« provides critical insight into the implementation of belief, mysticism, religion, and spirituality into worlds of fiction, be it interactive or non-interactive. This first volume focuses on interactive, virtual worlds - may that be the digital realms of video games and VR applications or the imaginary spaces of life action role-playing and soul-searching practices. It features analyses of spirituality as gameplay facilitator, sacred spaces and architecture in video game geography, religion in video games and spiritual acts and their dramaturgic function in video games, tabletop, or LARP, among other topics. The contributors offer a first-time ever comprehensive overview of play-rites as spiritual incentives and playful spirituality in various medial incarnations.

Author / Editor information

Leonardo Marcato is an honorary research fellow at Ca' Foscari University.
Felix Schniz is the co-founder and programme director of the master's programme Game Studies and Engineering at Universität Klagenfurt, Austria. His research focuses on experiences in virtual worlds, promenadology, genre theory, and the subjective quality of the medium videogame.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Introduction When Faust Entered the Holodeck… Felix Schniz and Leonardo Marcato Open Access Download PDF	9
Part I – Role- Play and Spirituality
The Epiphany Experiment Role- Playing for Personal Transformation Sarah Lynne Bowman Open Access Download PDF	23
Play to Find Yourself Using Tabletop Role- Playing Games in Spiritual Direction Menachem Cohen Open Access Download PDF	53
The Hunter Will Take You Seeking Spiritual Experiences within Live Action Role- Play Anna Milon Open Access Download PDF	85
Part IIa - Practice: Game Design
Conjuring The Witch’s Way Game Design as Magic and Spiritual Practice Doris C. Rush and Andrew M. Phelps Open Access Download PDF	109
Practicing Dying How Role- Playing Games Can Help Us Accept Death and Boost Our Quality of Life Kjell Hedgard Hugaas Open Access Download PDF	137
Part IIb – Practice: Research
Exploring Applications of Videogame Magic through Tumblr’s Pop Culture Witchcraft A. Rose Johnson Open Access Download PDF	161
Where the Magic is Ceremonial Magic as a Design Perspective for Mixed Reality Immersive Experiences Maria Saridaki and Mariza Dima Open Access Download PDF	187
Part IIIa -Videogames: Experience
I Believe in Videogames A Medium’s Potential for Spiritual Experiences Felix Schniz Open Access Download PDF	211
Fittingly Violent Narrative Properties of Violence in Digital Games Frank G. Bosman Open Access Download PDF	239
Part IIIb – Videogames: Perspective
Spes Ultracombinatoria Neo- Human Spirituality and Digital Games Leonardo Marcato Open Access Download PDF	265
Sacred Places and Spatial Design in Fantasy- themed Isometric cRPGs Mateusz Felczak Open Access Download PDF	287
Franchised Esotericism Religion as a Marketing Strategy for the Assassin’s Creed Franchise Lars de Wildt Open Access Download PDF	301
Part IIIc – Videogames: From the East
Ex Anankes Cultural Syncretism and the Experience of Necessitation in Saint Seiya: The Hades’ Gameplay Graziana Ciola and Francesca Samà Open Access Download PDF	321
“At the Same Time ... Both Truth and Fiction” Interrelation(s) of Psychology, Faith, and the Esotericism of the JRPG David Stevenson Open Access Download PDF	347
Religion and Spirituality in NieR: Automata Marco Seregni and Francesco Toniolo Open Access Download PDF	373
Part IIId – Videogames: The Case Study of Dragon Age
Negotiating Spiritual Uncertainty through the Lens of Videogames Individual and Societal Struggles with Belief Systems in the Dragon Age and Hate Series Sarah Faber Open Access Download PDF	397
Religion According to Bioware Religious Dimensions of Chantry in Dragon Age: Inquisition Leonid Moyzhes Open Access Download PDF	411
Light, Blood, Stone, and Order The Religious Beliefs and Systems of Dragon Age Christine Tomlinson Open Access Download PDF	441
Part IV – Concluding thoughts
Unlocking the Spiritual Potential of Games Reflections and Future Directions Michele Fanelli and Magdalena M. Strobl Open Access Download PDF	465

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 476
Keywords: Game Design; Interactive Fiction; Spirituality; Videogames; Media; Popular Culture; Religion; Computer Games; Religious Studies; Digital Media; Media Studies

eBook

Published: November 27, 2023
ISBN: 9783839461921