magazén International Journal for Digital and Public Humanities

Rivista | magazén
Fascicolo monografico | 4 | 2 | 2023
Articolo | Mapping Our Digital Menagerie: A Monster Manual for the Megadungeon

Mapping Our Digital Menagerie: A Monster Manual for the Megadungeon

Abstract

Relying on a comparison between the complex spatial organization of our current digital ecosystem and the ones from dungeons in role-playing games, this article analyzes the multiple entities that populate our computers, smartphones and video game consoles. Trolls, bugs, worms, conversational AI agents, NPCs, daemons, ghosts, Trojan horses and others are presented and discussed with a focus on their different degree of agency, ranging from human-controlled to having a certain degree of autonomy. By addressing how we coexist with such beings, this paper contributes to the nascent field of digital folklore.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 20 Settembre 2023 | Accettato: 23 Novembre 2023 | Pubblicato 19 Dicembre 2023 | Lingua: en

Keywords MegadungeonAgencyMonsterDigital folkloreDigital culture

Subtags Communities Visualisation Image data 3d data Society Modelling Institutions Environment Participation Publication Technology Works of Art


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