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Robert M. Geraci and Nat Recine

Robert M. Geraci is Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College in Riverdale, NY. He is the author of Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality (Oxford 2010) and Virtually Sacred: Myth and Meaning in World of Warcraft and Second Life (Oxford 2014). Nat Recine is a graduate of the Department of Civil Engineering at Manhattan College and was the highest ranked Guardian in the galaxy during season four of SWOTR PvP. Recine and Geraci co-authored "Enlightening the Galaxy: How Players Perceive Political Philosophy in Star Wars: The Old Republic," which was published in the academic journal Games and Culture.

Archive, Science & Technology, The CubitDecember 15, 2015

A Moral Galaxy: War and Suffering in “Star Wars: The Old Republic”

By Robert M. Geraci and Nat Recine

A new Star Wars film premieres this week, accompanied by the kind of social ferment…

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