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The God in the Machine : Occultism, Demiurgic Theology and “Gnostic” Self-Knowledge in Japanese Video Games

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Author

Editor

  • Linus Larsson
  • Daniel Goldberg

Summary, in English

The article explores influences from Old Testament and Gnostic sources upon Japanese video game culture and also discusses the relationship between the player and the played in said games - from a perspective rooted in an exegesis of such texts. It also concerns the pop-culture climate of the 1990s and early 2000s in this context.

Department/s

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

235-256

Publication/Series

The State of Play : Creators and Critics on Video Game Culture

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Seven Stories Press

Topic

  • Religious Studies

Keywords

  • dark 90s
  • western esotericism
  • culture studies
  • old testament
  • final fantasy
  • video games
  • hebrew bible
  • gnosticism
  • deadly premonition

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9781609806392