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Accepted Paper:
Characteristics and Importance of the Middle Eastern Religious Symbolism in a Chinese-made RPG
Giuseppe Maiello
(University of Finance and Administration)
Paper short abstract:
Analysis of the role-playing game Days of Empire developed by the Chinese production house ONEMT and set in a sort of 15th century Anatolia.
Paper long abstract:
In the game Days of Empire, which is aimed in particular at Turkic-speaking gamers, appear various types of religious symbols which play a factor of attraction that is very important for the success of the game. The paper will describe in detail the main caracteristics of the game, focusing attention on the aforementined religious symbols. The analysis of the game will be enriched by some in-depth interviews with some gamers aimed at understanding how important it is for them to play on a platform rich in symbolic elements linked both to Islam and to the world of fantastic beings that preceded it. The qualitative approach, in the forms of participant observation and netnographic analysis, represents the primary methodological directive for the realization of the study.