O sagrado nos jogos digitais: arquétipos do sagrado no game Dragon Age: Origins.

Abstract

The thesis starts from the observation that there are components of the sacred that may or may not determine the narratives of electronic games, to investigate the religious elements present in the audiovisual operators of games with the theoretical references of transdisciplinaritycomplexity and the archetypes of analytical psychology. The research methodology consists of the formal analysis of games, a qualitative approach in the in-game perspective entitled "gametnography", in which the researcher/player conducts research and analysis of religious components in the act of playing the game. Such components are recurrent, especially in RPG (roleplaying games), and awaken archetypal energies of the sacred in the player. This doctoral thesis, therefore, seeks to review the concept of “sacred” in video games, propose a criteriology for the study of the religious phenomenon in digital games, and point out paths for Religious Education in digital culture.