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This paper is devoted to the philosophical research of videogames as a phenomenon of modern culture. The subject for study is myth and mythological structures in videogames. Videogames represent value and meaning related constructions of the modern époque. However, they fulfill mythological elements inherent to the archaic consciousness at the same time because the archaic story of the hero’s way consisting of the three basic stages – exodus, initiation, and returning along with the appearance of the hero’s i...

This article refers to the philosophical study of myth construction in videogames. We have studied how the philosophical ideas of the Modern Era (which has the idea of rationalization in its core) were presented in videogames using horror games as examples. We have analyzed the narrative of Modernization as “disenchantment of the world” (M. Weber) in several game series (Outlast, The Evil Within, Resident Evil). Eventually, we have concluded that the narration in these games is constructed in accordance with a...