TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leibovitz,Liel
TI  - God in the machine: video games as spiritual pursuit 
T2  - Acculturated
SN  - 9781599474502
AV  - BL255.5 
U1  - 215 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - West Conshohocken
PB  - Templeton Press
KW  - Video games
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Robotics
KW  - Theological anthropology
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Artificial intelligence
KW  - Computers
KW  - Religion and science
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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