The benefit of digital games from the Islamic perspectives: Views from the Muslim scholars

• Main Authors: S. Abd. Aziz, Madihah, Hamzah, Mohd Syarqawy, Othman, Roslina
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: American Scientific Publishers 2019
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/72933/20/72933_The%20Benefit%20of%20Digital%20Games_article%20%20for%20myra.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/72933/7/72933_The%20Benefit%20of%20Digital%20Games%20_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/72933/; https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/jctn/2019/00000016/00000003/art00047

The current paper reviews and discusses digital games with Islamic values. The aim of the paper is to look beyond the traditional perspective of digital game design, towards the design opportunities that exist to create digital games that will offer engaging content combined with Islamic values that players can easily and pleasurably use, and ultimately receives the message about Islam. To this end, this study has conducted a series of semi-structured interviews with Muslim scholars. This paper reports the Muslim scholars’ perspectives on the benefit of Digital Games.