The Basic Principles of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games in Relation to Philosophy

• Authors: Petr Sádlo
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to uncover the relationships between philosophy and Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games (hereinafter MMORPG) and their discussion fora; i.e. the relevance of existential and analytical philosophy to the virtual world of MMORPGs. Content analysis of writings by famous philosophers was employed as a reliable method for gathering relevant data, as it was for collecting useful information from MMORPG discussion fora. The author assumes that MMORPGs originated as a response to the super-technical and increasingly technocratic western world from which players want to escape in order to find a simpler and more challenging, yet virtual world.

Keywords

EN

globalisation; chaos; MMORPG; discussion fora; existential philosophy; analytical philosophy

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: The Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, Czech Republic
• Journal: Littera Scripta
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 132-144

Dates

published

2018-06-29

Contributors

author

Petr Sádlo

• Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice