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Author Bainbridge, William Sims, author.
Title eGods : faith versus fantasy in computer gaming / William Sims Bainbridge.
Publisher New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.


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Descript 328 pages : illustrations.
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Disbelief -- Culture game -- Deities -- Souls -- Priests -- Shrines -- Magic -- Morality -- Cults -- Death -- Quests -- Gameworlds.
Note William Bainbridge contends that the worlds of massively multiplayer online roleplaying games provide a new perspective on the human quest, one that combines the arts and simulates most aspects of real life. The quests in gameworlds also provide meaning for human action, in terms of narratives about achieving goals by overcoming obstacles.
English
1 concurrent user. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780199333042
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Author Bainbridge, William Sims, author.
Subject Internet games -- Social aspects
Fantasy games -- Social aspects
Internet games -- Religious aspects
Fantasy games -- Religious aspects
Role playing.
Descript 328 pages : illustrations.
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Disbelief -- Culture game -- Deities -- Souls -- Priests -- Shrines -- Magic -- Morality -- Cults -- Death -- Quests -- Gameworlds.
Note William Bainbridge contends that the worlds of massively multiplayer online roleplaying games provide a new perspective on the human quest, one that combines the arts and simulates most aspects of real life. The quests in gameworlds also provide meaning for human action, in terms of narratives about achieving goals by overcoming obstacles.
English
1 concurrent user. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780199333042
Author Bainbridge, William Sims, author.
Subject Internet games -- Social aspects
Fantasy games -- Social aspects
Internet games -- Religious aspects
Fantasy games -- Religious aspects
Role playing.

Subject Internet games -- Social aspects
Fantasy games -- Social aspects
Internet games -- Religious aspects
Fantasy games -- Religious aspects
Role playing.
Descript 328 pages : illustrations.
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Disbelief -- Culture game -- Deities -- Souls -- Priests -- Shrines -- Magic -- Morality -- Cults -- Death -- Quests -- Gameworlds.
Note William Bainbridge contends that the worlds of massively multiplayer online roleplaying games provide a new perspective on the human quest, one that combines the arts and simulates most aspects of real life. The quests in gameworlds also provide meaning for human action, in terms of narratives about achieving goals by overcoming obstacles.
English
1 concurrent user. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780199333042
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