03411cam a2200601Ii 4500 ocn871780595 OCoLC 20200709060102.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140306s2013 pau ob 001 0 eng d MHW eng rda pn MHW EBLCP N$T IDEBK UMC OCLCQ OCLCF DEBSZ TEFOD OCLCQ ZCU MERUC OCLCQ VTS ICG AU@ OCLCQ STF DKC OCLCQ WAU 9781599474502 (electronic bk.) 1599474506 (electronic bk.) 9781599474373 709918 (N$T) (OCoLC)871780595 F5D585F0-0212-4587-A417-3BAEC78F994D OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com BL255.5 REL 000000 bisacsh 215 23 MAIN Leibovitz, Liel, author. God in the machine : video games as spiritual pursuit / Liel Leibowitz. West Conshohocken : Templeton Press, [2013] 1 online resource (xii, 144 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Acculturated Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. If he were alive today, what might Heidegger say about Halo, the popular video game franchise? What would Augustine think about Assassin's Creed ? What could Maimonides teach us about Nintendo's eponymous hero, Mario? While some critics might dismiss such inquiries outright, protesting that these great thinkers would never concern themselves with a medium so crude and mindless as video games, it is impor℗Ưtant to recognize that games like these are, in fact, becoming the defining medium of our time. We spend more time and money on video games than on books, television, or fil. Introduction ; Chapter 1: Thinking inside the Box: Game Design, Glory, and the Search for God ; Chapter 2: A Ballet of Thumbs: What We Do When We Play Video Games ; Chapter 3: The Sweet Cheat: The Utility and the Ecstasy of Breaking the Rules; Chapter 4: The God Machine: On Being and Time in Video Games; Acknowledgments ; Notes ; Index. Master record variable field(s) change: 650 Video games Religious aspects. Video games Psychological aspects. RELIGION General. bisacsh Robotics. Theological anthropology Christianity. Artificial intelligence. Computers Religious aspects. Religion and science. Electronic books. Print version: Leibovitz, Liel. God in the machine. West Conshohocken, PA : Templeton Press, [2013] 9781599474373 (DLC) 2014412172 (OCoLC)852237550 Acculturated. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=709918 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=709918 EBSCO Academic Comprehensive Collection EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1641885 EBSCOhost EBSC 709918 ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis27860293 92 N$T 54575 54575