Saturday 7 March 2026 | 21.30 – 22.05 hrs. | Karolingenzaal | De Lindenberg, Nijmegen
My Reality
On New Year’s Eve, Morton and Jim meet online. Morten wants to talk to Jim; he has noticed that the games he plays have started to take up a very large part of his reality, and that he even feels sympathy for certain characters. How should he deal with that? When he finishes talking, the sound of fireworks can be heard in the background. Jim says he’s going to take a look outside and leaves the game. Morten sets off virtual fireworks. Happy New Year, Jim.
A Good Copy?
We tend to see the gaming world as at best a good copy of the real world — but is that actually true? What if you spend entire days online? What counts as reality then? And is this blurring of boundaries a problem? After the film, scholar of religion Seth Bledsoe and programme maker Pam Tönissen will discuss these questions together.
The event will be in English.
See also: Imagining the Apocalypse | Lecture by scholar of religion Seth Bledsoe
About the speaker
Seth Bledsoe is a scholar of religion at Radboud University. In addition to his specialization in the social‑historical character of ancient Jewish and Christian texts, he is interested in wisdom literature, video games, and the apocalypse.
This program is part of Denkwerk Festival of Radboud Reflects and the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies of Radboud University, on Saturday, 7 March 2026 at De Lindenberg in Nijmegen. Through (silent) interviews, lectures, music, films, and more, philosophers, theologians, and scholars of religion from Radboud University will encourage you to think more deeply about the major questions of our time.
