The God in the Machine : Occultism, Demiurgic Theology and “Gnostic” Self-Knowledge in Japanese Video Games
(2015) p.235-256- Abstract
- 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.
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- author
- Wikander, Ola LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2015
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- dark 90s, western esotericism, culture studies, old testament, final fantasy, video games, hebrew bible, gnosticism, deadly premonition
- host publication
- The State of Play : Creators and Critics on Video Game Culture
- editor
- Larsson, Linus and Goldberg, Daniel
- pages
- 235 - 256
- publisher
- Seven Stories Press
- ISBN
- 9781609806392
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (015017000)
- id
- e6aeb9b2-7e9f-4150-948d-9bbf47cb2c9b (old id 5052886)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 10:46:16
- date last changed
- 2018-11-21 21:00:40
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