"Giving Back": An Interview With Video Game Designer Ken Wong, by Frank Bosman and Alexander D. Ornella
In this interview conducted by issue editors Frank Bosman and Alexander D. Ornella in August 2022, Ken Wong discusses the relationship between video game design, video game aesthetics, religious imagery, and cultural storytelling. He discusses how (secularized) religious tropes, ideas, and images ca...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie
2023
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| In: |
Journal for religion, film and media
Year: 2023, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 13-24 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Computer game
/ Design
/ Christianity
/ Culture
/ Forgiveness of sins
/ Original sin
/ Fantasy
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CD Christianity and Culture NBE Anthropology ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Sacred Architecture
B Atonement B Colonialism B Video Games B Religion B Interview |
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| Summary: | In this interview conducted by issue editors Frank Bosman and Alexander D. Ornella in August 2022, Ken Wong discusses the relationship between video game design, video game aesthetics, religious imagery, and cultural storytelling. He discusses how (secularized) religious tropes, ideas, and images can become part of the game design and the story of the game, sometimes consciously, sometimes unconsciously. He discusses how the ideas of "giving back", of atonement, and forgiveness can become elements of successful and very well received video games. |
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| ISSN: | 2617-3697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for religion, film and media
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25364/05.9:2023.1.2 |