eGods: Faith versus Fantasy in Computer Gaming

Author:   William Sims Bainbridge (co-Director, co-Director, Human-Centered Computing at the National Science Foundation)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780199935833


Pages:   338
Publication Date:   04 April 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   William Sims Bainbridge (co-Director, co-Director, Human-Centered Computing at the National Science Foundation)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.445kg
ISBN:  

9780199935833


ISBN 10:   0199935831
Pages:   338
Publication Date:   04 April 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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eGods may serve as a helpful reference for those researching online gaming, religious symbols, or considering a literary analysis of gaming environments. Daniel B. Shank, Sociology of Religion


<br> This rich, provocative account addresses video games' pervasive religious-themed imagery and constructs, which, prior to Bainbridge's work, have been studiously overlooked in academic study. The nuanced exposition reveals games to be rife with cults, proselytizers, evangelists, inquisitors, afterlives, temples, tombs, shrines, and of course e-gods and goddesses. Essential reading for keeping our ideas about games fresh and finally inquiring about that elephant in the room. --Bonnie Nardi, author of My Life as a Night Elf Priest: An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft, 2010<p><br>


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William Sims Bainbridge is a prolific and influential sociologist of religion, science and popular culture, and serves as co-director of Human-Centered Computing at the NSF as well as Senior Fellow at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.

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