book review: Daniel Giere on representation and reception of history in games
I’ve recently read and reviewed Daniel Giere’s (@34e6ab0133cd4f7) “Computerspiele – Medienbildung – historisches Lernen” (computer games – media education –…
Assassins Creed
Students’ Let’s Play Videos about Archaeogaming on YouTube
In winter 2018/19 and summer semester 2019 I taught courses on archaeogaming and concepts of the past in computer and…
Discussing Concepts of the Past in Computer and Video Games Pt. 1 – The importance of authenticity!
This post belongs to the series discussing Jan Wieners‘ and mine course on archaeogaming. Last week, on 9th January, a…
Archaeogaming Series Pt. 2: What can an archaeologist learn from a computer game?
In this series of posts about Archaeogaming, I want to test in what capacity a AAA-game in a historical setting…
Video Games in the classroom – Innovation or a waste of time?
The new Assassin’s Creed game takes place in Ancient Egypt. Beside the usual gameplay, where you have to follow a…