How Not to Play an Indian Mythic: Raji: A Modern Fantasy
How Not to Play an Indian Mythic: Raji: A Modern Fantasy
Arkabrata Chaudhury, Arunoday Chaudhuri
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The current paper analyses the video game Raji: An Ancient Epic (Nodding Head Games 2020) to determine the accuracy of its representation of historical Indian experiences, in the domains of architecture, aesthetics, spatiality, technology, and so on. The ludic elements of the game, including weapon or enemy design and their compatibility with reflecting an Indian ethos in video game mechanisms have also been discussed. The…