Videogames are a common way that members of the general public engage with historical
material. This article argues that historical videogames can and should be considered as a …

Today's videogames are often intertwined with profound religious narratives, content,
characters, and artifacts-but how do player communities understand the role of religion in …

Modern video game development relies increasingly on live service models and storytelling,
putting strain on developer-player interactions and community management, the success of …

Public historians have recently directed significant attention toward video games as a media
form for engaging diverse audiences with participatory historical representations and …

In August 2014, a major scandal impacted the videogame industry and gaming journalism,
which would become known as# GamerGate. Gaming journalists, specifically those …

Abstract Sid Meier's Civilization VI is a 2016 strategy video game in which the player leads a
historical civilization from 4000 BC to the present. The Civilization series is the subject of …

This chapter delves into the diverse folkloristic archiving surrounding the Slavic and Russian
mythology-themed RPG Black Book. It explores how the artefact-like qualities of historical …

Videogames as a form of multimedia have been shown to prompt substantial critical
engagement of a text, despite arguments otherwise (Chapman, 2013). Sid Meier's sixth …

This study investigates how economic ideas are manifested in the gameplay mechanics of
economy-building, strategy, and management video games (in the vein of SimCity). The …