Śrīvijaya and the Malay Peninsula

Jacq-Hergoualc’h, Michel

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“…16–22). Traders from the Roman Empire looked to India for high quality pearls (Liu, 2010, p. 40), while Emperor Wudi of ancient China (reigning between 140–87 BC) sent missions to the shores of the Indian Ocean to procure them (Jacq-Hergoualc’h, 2001, p. 30). Finally, spices were a key Silk Road commodity, especially desirable in medieval Europe where they were valued for the status their consumption conferred, as well as for their usage in humoral medicine (Freedman, 2008).…”

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Virtual Empire: Performing Colonialism in the MMORPG Runescape

Lallani

2022

Games and Culture

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This article argues that advancement in the MMORPG Runescape is connected to virtual performances of colonial exploitation. It places in geographic and temporal context various societies represented in Runescape by historicizing in-game cultural representations. Thereafter, it is asserted that players partake in virtual iterations of colonialism to advance their accounts. Analysis is grounded in four case studies exploring the themes of exploitative archaeology, colonial cartography, imperial diplomacy, and resource extraction. Each example represents opportunities for in-game progress. In connecting the virtual advancement of user accounts to performances of colonialism, it is argued that Runescape reproduces historic colonial projects in which European powers commodified other societies to advance their own economic and cultural agendas. Through this analysis, the article seeks to develop a guiding framework for the study of MMORPGs as replicating Eurocentric colonial encounters.

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Section: Virtual Colonialismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Virtual Empire: Performing Colonialism in the MMORPG Runescape

Lallani

2022

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Śrīvijaya and the Malay Peninsula

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Virtual Empire: Performing Colonialism in the MMORPG Runescape

Virtual Empire: Performing Colonialism in the MMORPG Runescape

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