Os Elfos fizeram muitos anéis – Tolkien e videojogos

Apresentação para o III Seminário "Tolkien - Construtor de Mundos", dia 29 de maio de 2015, Anfiteatro III, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa

2. Leonel Morgado
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Os Elfos fizeram muitos anéis
–Tolkien e videojogos

3. “If you are present at a Faëriandrama you yourself are, or think that
you are, bodily inside its Secondary World (…) you are in a dream
that some other mind is weaving, and the knowledge of that alarming
fact may slip from your grasp.
(…) a Secondary World into which both designer and spectator can
enter, to the satisfaction of their senses while they are inside; but in its
purity it is artistic in desire and purpose.”
̶J.R.R. Tolkien, “OnFairy-stories”

5. Gary Gygax
1938-2008
Dave Arneson
1947-2009
« (…) he loathed the major fantasy touchstone
of the time, J. R. R. Tolkien'sLord of the
Ringsseries."It was so dull. I mean, there was no
action in it," Gygaxsays. "I'd like to throttle Frodo."»
—Kushner, D., 2008, “Dungeon Master: The Life and Legacy of Gary Gygax

7. (…) Though I thoroughly enjoyed The Hobbit, I found the Ring Trilogy... well, tedious. (…)
Ent is interesting; (…) Tolkien’s orcs are also in both games. (…) The elves (…) borrow two
names (gray and wood) from the Professor’s writings, and that is nearly all.
(…) The seeming parallels and inspirations are actually the results of a studied effort to
capitalize on the then-current craze for Tolkien’s literature. Frankly, to attract those readers
and often at the urging of persons who were playing prototypical forms of D&D games —
I used certain names and attributes in a superficial manner, merely to get their attention!

8. Baseado em: Makai, PéterKristóf(2014). Games and Gaming: Quantasy. In “A Companionto J. R. R. Tolkien”. John Wiley& Sons.

10. Nome:de
Tolkien
(Akallabêth)
do Silmarillion
(1977)
Jogo:de
Gygax,
Dungeons&
Dragons

12. Pool of
Radiance
Ultima
UnderworldII
Dragon
Age
ElderScrolls:
Skyrim

14. Comparação corporal entre raças no AD&D
1,8 m
2,1 m
2,4 m
1,2 m
1,5 m
0,9 m
0,3 m
0,6 m

15. AD&D e Terra Média
1,8 m
2,1 m
2,4 m
1,2 m
1,5 m
0,9 m
0,3 m
0,6 m

16. Elfos de
DragonAge

17. Anões de
World of Warcraft
Anões de
Walt Disney

18. “Tolkien’s source material, the detailed, multi-layered representation
of Middle-earth, was in and of itself inspirational (…) Dungeon
Masters became sub-creators in conjuring up rich fantasy
playgrounds (…) faced with the magical, but onerous task of making a
world work. (…) Today, we are in a situation where these playful
instances are actively intermingling with one another, creating hybrid
forms, and (…) we can look forward to ever new ways of employing
the imagination (…)
̶PéterK. Makai, Games and Gaming: Quantasy
in “A Companionto J. R. R. Tolkien”

52. Leonel Morgado
[email protected]