Science Fiction, Video Games, and Religion

Science fiction and video games are more visible than ever as their popularity reaches record numbers. From classic arcade games like Asteroids to modern open-world sandbox simulators like No Man’s Sky that require hundreds of hours to complete fully, science fiction is one of the most common gaming genres. This podcast explores the ways religion and science fiction appear together in these cultural products, asks how gamers see the value of this play, and how we seek belief in things that are ‘out of this world’ as a means to escape the present by sharing our hopes about the future.