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Dragon Age: Inquisition: A Christian Message in a Postsecular World

This article deals with the religious, specifically Christian, message in the video game “Dragon Age: Inquisition,” released in 2014 by Bio-Ware. In order to understand the specifics of this game, the article includes a detailed analysis of the conventional ways that religion, gods, and believers are presented in computer role-playing games (RPGs), the genre to which “Dragon Age: Inquisition” belongs. The study pays special attention to the way “Dragon Age: Inquisition” utilizes a common set of narrative techniques and game mechanics often present in the games of this genre.

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