'When people pray, a god is born... This god is you!’: an introduction to religion and god in digital games
Notions of religion in media are not only found in literature, movies, or music but also in the growing field of digital games. We want to dive into this field by thinking about in what ways religion can be and is used by developers in the narration of a game and what religious motifs we encounter i...
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2014
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Online - Heidelberg journal of religions on the internet
Year: 2014, Volume: 5, Pages: 197-223 |
| ISSN: | 1861-5813 |
| DOI: | 10.11588/rel.2014.0.12167 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-rel-121679 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.11588/rel.2014.0.12167 
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| Author Notes: | Markus Wiemker; Jan Wysocki |
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