>>73738
That is Shin Megami Tensei's creator (Later known as Persona). I have been digging for the exact sources of esteoric/gnostic stuff in games/anime/movies for some years.
We both agree it is the BBSs, common root in the RPG scene in the west and japanese culture.

The distilled simple truth behind the whole "digital demons" angle, is that computers, as materialized knowledge, let us interact with the immaterial reality, which includes but is not just demons and such.