The 'Lamb of Comstock’: dystopia and religion in video games
In the article ‘‘The Lamb of Comstock’. Dystopia and Religion in Video Games’ I will introduce four high quality, commercially successful videogames: Bioshock, Bioshock Infinite, Dishonored and Brink. All these four games present a dystopian scenery as a background for an intelligent plot to critici...
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Heidelberg University Publishing
2014
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Online - Heidelberg journal of religions on the internet
Year: 2014, Volume: 5, Pages: 162-182 |
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