Essays about: "Warhammer 40"

Found 3 essays containing the words Warhammer 40.

1. 1. The Virtues of a Hero : Virtue Ethics and the Divine in Star Wars and Warhammer 40,000

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : David Seger; [2023]
   Keywords : Star War; Warhammer 40; 000; virtue ethics; the divine; Aristotelian virtue ethics; Nietzschean virtue ethics; minimal theism; classical theism; panentheism; pantheism;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how ethics and various conceptualizations of the divine are explored and expressed in contemporary fiction, and in this particular case, in Star Wars and Warhammer 40,000. It is meant to highlight the philosophical underpinnings within these works, and to discuss how readers and consumers of such fiction and media may be affected in their views regarding religiosity and ethics. READ MORE

3. 2. Pricing for the players or the hobbyists? : A look into Games Workshop pricing

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

   Author : Sebastian Engstrand; [2018]
   Keywords : Warhammer; Games Workshop; Pricing; Warhammer 40 000; Miniature Game;

   Abstract : This paper looks into the pricing of Warhammer 40 000 miniature, manufactured by the company Games Workshop. On some internet forums there has been a discussion on whether the prices rise without giving anything in return, and whether the company cares about the players or the hobbyists. READ MORE

4. 3. Could We Not Have Just Left Them Alone? : A Postcolonial Reading of Horus Rising

   University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

   Author : Samuel Åberg; [2012]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This essay is the result of a study on the science fiction novel Horus Rising, by Dan Abnett, which is set in the universe of the Warhammer 40 000 franchise. In the novel, the human Imperium is engaged in a colonizing project of massive proportions: the conquest of a galaxy. READ MORE