Abstract
Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed does a remarkable – though not flawless – job in presenting a well-balanced game narrative, which incorporates not only a historically justified representation of the Nizari Isma’ilis, but also implicitly corrects one of the most famous Western legends about the so-called ‘Assassins’. In doing so, Ubisoft succeeds (at least partially) in discarding the stereotypical representation of Muslims/Arabs associated with Western orientalism, at the cost, however, of a multi-leveled but functionalistic view on the phenomenon of religion in the video game series with regards to the Assassin and Templar fractions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 6-26 |
Journal | Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet |
Volume | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2016 |
Keywords
- Assassin's creed, islam, assassins, knight templars, nizari isma'ilites