ChristyK
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I'm listening to a presentation about portrayal of medieval world in computer games, and one person is speaking about how religion is removed from the history portrayed. It becomes historically inaccurate. And yet, how could it be portrayed accurately?

#history #Medievalism #gaming
10:25 AM - Apr 13, 2023
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Anthony Lee
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I say game designers go for historical accuracy. It might make players interested in reading up on history. 🙂
In response to ChristyK.
10:32 AM - Apr 13, 2023
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ChristyK
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In response to Anthony Lee.
When they do represent the role of the church within society they tend downplay the church as a relatively minor but bad thing, projecting modern objections to religion onto the past. The portrayal is church as a separate institute, not something that the player's characters should be steeped in.
10:39 AM - Apr 13, 2023
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ChristyK
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In response to Anthony Lee.
One of the strange things is that the more effort they put into having accurate material culture (costumes, architecture, etc) the more people assume that they're accurate on everything, and the lack of accuracy in other things (politics, history, religion) becomes a bit more problematic.
10:34 AM - Apr 13, 2023
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Anthony Lee
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In response to ChristyK.
Wouldn't it be great to hear positive reviews of a game from a historian? 🙂
11:00 AM - Apr 13, 2023
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