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An Information Technology Surrogate for Religion: The Veneration of Deceased Family in Online Games - Contemporary Religion and Popular Culture W. Bainbridge 1st ed. 2014 edition
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An Information Technology Surrogate for Religion: The Veneration of Deceased Family in Online Games - Contemporary Religion and Popular Culture
W. Bainbridge
This book demonstrates principles of Ancestor Veneration Avatars (AVAs), by running avatars based on eleven deceased members of one family through ten highly diverse virtual worlds from the violent Defiance to the intellectual Uru: Myst Online, from the early EverQuest to the recent Elder Scrolls Online.
133 pages, X, 133 p.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 21, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781349504381 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 133 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 10 mm · 172 g |
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