Return to the Pre-Modern: Mechanics Archeology of Fulu in Video Games
Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media
Published online on March 31, 2026
Abstract
Games and Culture, Ahead of Print.
Video games frequently revive pre-modern magical thinking despite their modern computational infrastructure. Focusing on thefulu(Daoist talisman), this article employs “mechanics archeology” to examine its digital translation. Through a close reading of ...
Video games frequently revive pre-modern magical thinking despite their modern computational infrastructure. Focusing on thefulu(Daoist talisman), this article employs “mechanics archeology” to examine its digital translation. Through a close reading of ...