Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Petr Sádlo
Title: The Basic Principles of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games in Relation to Philosophy
Abstract: The aim of this article is to uncover the relationships between philosophy and Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games (hereinafter MMORPG) and their discussion fora; i.e. the relevance of existential and analytical philosophy to the virtual world of MMORPGs. Content analysis of writings by famous philosophers was employed as a reliable method for gathering relevant data, as it was for collecting useful information from MMORPG discussion fora. The author assumes that MMORPGs originated as a response to the super-technical and increasingly technocratic western world from which players want to escape in order to find a simpler and more challenging, yet virtual world.
Keywords: globalisation, chaos, MMORPG, discussion fora, existential philosophy, analytical philosophy
Journal: Littera Scripta
Volume: 11
Issue: 1
Year: 2018
Month: May
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2018.I01.009
File-URL: https://littera-scripta.com/articles/the-basic-principles-of-massively-multiplayer-online-role-playing-games-in-relat-d4d83b93
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Handle: RePEc:rsg:littra:2018-009