Reconstruction of History and Legends by Video Games from the Perspective of Postmodernism: The case of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Abstract
While being important as a means of entertainment in a digital society, video games also have a serious and profound social dimension. "SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE", released by the Japanese studio From Software on March 22, 2019, once again showed the world the charm of video games with its excellent gameplay design, unique plot narrative, and excellent art design. After in-depth play and a lot of relevant literature, this study will take "SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE" as the research object, based on the theory of "Monomyth" and "Meta-Narrative", analyze the reconstruction of religion and myth in the game. Also, it attempts to explore the connection between games and Japanese postmodern society. At the same time, in the process of research, it can be further discovered that video games are not only a reflection of society but also promote the reflection of social relations and the construction of the spiritual world.
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