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Indie-pendent:the Arthouse Gods of Indie games
- Source :
- de Wildt , L 2023 , Indie-pendent : the Arthouse Gods of Indie games . in The Pop Theology of Videogames : Producing and Playing with Religion . Games and Play in Contemporary Culture and Society , Amsterdam University Press , pp. 55-77 .
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This chapter argues on the basis of 35 interviews with independent developers (most centrally from the Melbourne indie scene) that despite the promise of their art-house independence; religious and irreligious “indies” alike cannot escape the inherited conventions of religion in game design. They make games entirely divorced from their own beliefs, reproducing Eurocentric and otherwise standardized traditions of game design for reasons of platformed standardization and economic precarity. They are gods who just need to pay the rent.
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- Database :
- OAIster
- Journal :
- de Wildt , L 2023 , Indie-pendent : the Arthouse Gods of Indie games . in The Pop Theology of Videogames : Producing and Playing with Religion . Games and Play in Contemporary Culture and Society , Amsterdam University Press , pp. 55-77 .
- Notes :
- application/pdf, English
- Publication Type :
- Electronic Resource
- Accession number :
- edsoai.on1407409219
- Document Type :
- Electronic Resource