New Medieval Books: The Middle Ages In Computer Games
Many people first encounter the Middle Ages through video games. This book examines how these games incorporate familiar medieval tropes while simultaneously shaping new perceptions of the past.
Teaching Historical Theory through Video Games
The potential of video games for teaching history is receiving increasing recognition. However, the greatest emphasis is on their use as tools in secondary education. The few studies focusing on undergraduate education demonstrate the use of games to create an immersive historical experience with counterfactual options.
When Reality Becomes Fantasy: How Video Games are Hijacking the Middle Ages
“The Middle Ages is a space where White Supremecy is legitimised. The maintenance of white privilege. The gamer community use ‘historical facts’ to legitimise this kind of literacy.’
Minecraft and the Middle Ages
It is one of the most popular video games ever created. Moreover, educators are finding ways to use Minecraft as a teaching tool, and one that could be ideal for learning about the Middle Ages.
New App: Prosperity – Italy 1434
Looking for a new game to get you back to the Middle Ages? Prosperity – Italy 1434, based on factual characters and events, and which allows you to get involved in alliances, assassins, corruption and battles, is now available for Android as well as IOS users.
The other possible past: simulation of the Middle Ages in video games
The video game phenomenon is marking our current and future the perception of the medieval past.
Top 5 Medieval Video Games
From JazReviews, here are the top five Medieval Video Games!
Which Assassin’s Creed Character Are You?
Assassin’s Creed and its sequels have created some memorable characters. Which assassin would you be?
Grand Ages: Medieval coming to your computer screens in 2015
A new video game will soon allow players to explore, build up and go to war in 30 million square kilometres of pixelated medieval Europe.
Get ready to play ‘Bridge Constructor Medieval’
On May 1st, HeadUp Games will be releasing the video game app Bridge Constructor Medieval for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets.
Smearing the Medieval: Architectural Objects and Time Travel in Amnesia: The Dark Descent
In late 2010, a small game development company known as Frictional Games launched Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a survival horror game fixated upon medieval and Renaissance traditions.
Dungeons, but no dragons: new video game wants to give a realistic portrayal of the Middle Ages
A group of Czech video game makers have already raised over £430,000 on Kickstarter to create Kingdom Come: Deliverance, a RPG that will allow players to quest and fight in a more historically-realistic medieval world.
Fief, 1429 – classic French game being updated for English audience
Having already raised over $66,000 on Kickstarter, an American-based gamemaker is set to release a new version of the classic game Fief, 1429.
Knighthood in later medieval Italy
There is a clear reason for this general discounting of Italian knighthood in the later Middle Ages. The traditional focus of northern Italian historiography being cities and civic life, knighthood has struggled to find a place in the world of communes and city-states, merchants and markets.
Great Battles Medieval released on iPad
If you are looking to re-fight the Hundred Years War on your iPad, the game Great Battles Medieval might be for you!
