religion, video games
I don't like it when video games have Gods in them - and I especially don't like it when you're obliged to be a worshiper of one
religion, video games
@lizardsquid Any idea what bothers you about it?
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I found it odd how they're treated as actually existing and powerful, while being completely insular by region/people. The best example I can think of for what I'm talking about is when I played Runescape years ago: The gods have followers everywhere and bestow powers to followers, but then you wander off into a desert and suddenly there's an entirely different pantheon. Also none of them seem to actually compete ever.
religion, video games
@BatElite one specific example that annoys me:
In the Elder Scrolls games, the gods are *undeniably* real, yet the religious stuff in the game is based around religious structures that we have in the west? Which makes no sense.
also I think part of it is a consent thing - I don't consent to worshiping these gods, so if the game forces me to be a follower of them? that's upsetting
religion, video games
@lizardsquid The buildings always resemble churches, don't they? Any creation story inevitably ends up very abrahamic as well.
There was a post at some point on your tumblr about how the "be sparse and let the audience connect things" writing paradigm relies on a pool of shared knowledge. Going from that, I wonder how much that's caused "fantasy" to be so homogeneous and Europe-centred. Even outside of the "fantasy" pool there's not a lot of shared knowledge on cultures.