Petri Net Modeling: Analyzing Rule-Based Representations of Religion in Video Games

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Petri Net Modeling: Analyzing Rule-Based Representations of Religion in Video Games

Original language description

The primary aim of this chapter is to present a qualitative method, Petri Net Modeling (PNM), as a methodological and interpretative framework for the analysis of rule-based representations of religion in video games. In a nutshell, Petri net can be used for modeling, analyzing and designing discrete event systems. It can be applied to many different areas; including the design and analysis of software applications and video games. In the case of video game rule-system analysis, PNM enables the graphical representation of actions players can take during the game and their possible outcomes using a formally-defined structure. The case study presented in this chapter serves as an example that highlights the use of PNM on a concrete video game and explains possible further interpretative approaches. It analyzes rule-based representations of Catholic Christianity, Sunni Islam and Iroquois religious beliefs in the strategy game, Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs (Ensemble Studios 2006). In particular, the research questions for my case study are as follows: (1) How is religion, in general, represented on the level of the game&apos;s rule-system? (2) What are the differences and similarities between the rule-based representations of Catholic Christianity, Sunni Islam and Iroquois religious beliefs in the game? The case study provides empirical evidence on how, on the rule-system level, all three religions are schematized and reduced to a system of effects and bonuses that makes players more economically and military powerful. Nevertheless, while rule-based representations of Catholic Christianity and Sunni Islam are almost identical and both religions are presented as essentially &quot;European,&quot; Iroquois religious practice is othered and its representation manifests post-colonial bias.

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50803 - Information science (social aspects)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Methods for Studying Video Games and Religion

ISBN

978-1-138-69871-0

Number of pages of the result

19

Pages from-to

133-151

Number of pages of the book

221

Publisher name

Routledge

Place of publication

New York

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