Return to the Interactive Past!
Today, our book Return to the Interactive Past was published through Sidestone Press!
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Bulletin: Retro Gaming Scams, Civ VI in Minecraft and Age of Empires IV!
It’s been a while, but were back with a bulletin, albeit short! In this week’s bulletin, we discuss Retro Gaming Scams, The Dark Pictures Anthology, Civ VI wonders in Minecraft, Call of Duty: Vanguard’s heroes, Paradox troubles and Age of Empires IV attempts to help new players!
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Bulletin: Half-Life, Company of Heroes 3, Skull & Bones and more!
It has been a while, but we’re back with a bulletin! It’s not workable to recap everything that happened since the last (real) bulletin, nevertheless, here are some cool items on Half-Life, Company of Heroes 3, War Thunder, Skull & Bones, Red Dead Redemption 2, the Studio Ghibli Museum and Age of Empires 3: the African Royals!
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Bulletin: Steam Summer Sale Edition
It’s that time of year again where Steam is plundering out wallets with all the discounts. As we like games (you must have gathered by now), here’s some of our picks of this Steam Summer Sale! Mind you, almost any game is on sale right now, but there are some games you just might want to check out, especially with such a huge discount! Did we miss your favorites? Let us know what games we should definitely play!
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Bulletin: E3 2021 Edition
This week saw the all digital edition of E3, one of the largest gaming conventions. Over the course of the event many new (and old) games were announced, or recent releases were put in the spotlight. So in this bulletin, we will go over all the past-related games coming to us in the future, or the games you should definitely play! Prepare for plenty of trailers.
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Bulletin: Far Cry 6, Overboard!, Old World, Going Medieval and more!
This bulletin covers the past two weeks of gaming news, so we’ve got plenty of stuff to share with you! In this week’s bulletin, we discuss Old World, Ubisoft, Far Cry 6, three medieval games, Dream admitting to cheating, inkle’s Overboard!, Hades and women in wargaming!
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Bulletin: Gaming Industry and Palestine, Empire of Sin, Valhalla, Valheim and more!
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss the Gaming Industry’s stance on Palestine, Empire of Sin mods, three (historical) tabletops, Lies of P, Valhalla Mohawk Language translated, Valheim hitting 6.8 million sales and the Streaming the Past launch!
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Bulletin: Wrath of the Druids, MAMG 2021, many things Paradox and more!
As we haven’t had a bulletin last week, this week’s bulletin might bundle some topics and games together. But do not worry, there will still be plenty of cool stuff to read about! In this week’s bulletin, we discuss EU4, Imperator Rome and Paradox, Fantasy games and Medieval Europe, The Middle Ages in Modern Games Conference, LEGO Medieval Castle, Uncharted 4’s 5 Year Anniversary, Skull & Bones Delayed Again, Valhalla DLC Wrath of the Druids and Stories about Valhalla!
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Bulletin: Total War: Rome Remastered, Hood: Outlaws & Legends, Against the Gods Themselves and more!
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss Against the Gods Themselves, Fresh Articles on Gaming and the Past, Black Mesa ‘Xen Museum’, Hood: Outlaws & Legends, Total War: Rome Remastered, Expeditions: Rome, Europa Universalis IV Leviathan Mess, the Oregon Trail on Apple Arcade and Undaunted!
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Bulletin: Civilization VI Dogs, Old World Barbarian Horde, Excavation Pikachu and more!
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss Civilization VI Dog Petting, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Awards for Hades & Ghost of Tsushima, Excavation Pikachu, Battlefield, Transmedia Assassin’s Creed & it’s languages, PS3 & PS Vita Stores, Valheim, Crusader Kings 3 and Old World: The Barbarian Horde!
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Bulletin: Monster Hunter Rise, Humankind, Europa Universalis 4, AGON and more!
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss Monster Hunter Rise, Humankind’s diplomacy, EU4 Leviathan Expansion, AC Narrative Director Darby McDevitt leaving Ubisoft, Sony’s responsibility to preserve gaming history, the HeritageJam 2021, AGON on Roll20 and the Architecture Critic on Control!
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Bulletin: Hades, Isonzo, Black Legend, the Black Trowel Collective and more!
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss Hades winning at the BAFTA’s, a Ghost of Tsushima movie, Black Legend, Animal Crossing, Verdun Follow-up Isonzo, Aris on the Modern Myth Podcast, a never ending game of D&D, Sebastian Hageneuer on Uncharted and the History of Shareware and Demos. And yes, no Valheim for the first time in two months!
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Bulletin: all things Vikings, Age of Empires Fan Preview, Final Civ VI DLC and more!
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss an update and new DLC for Valhalla, new Northern-themedDLC for Crusader Kings III, Valheim Vikings (of course), the last DLC for Civ VI, Age of Empires Fan Preview, A short Medal of Honor Documentary nominated for an Academy Award and an Interview with the devs of Call of the Sea!
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Bulletin: Minecraft, Valheim, Crusader Kings III and more!
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss Minecraft’s Anishinaabe culture, Valheim, Frozenheim, an interview with Guthixian, the Six Days in Fallujah Saga, Stronghold: Warlords, some cool presentations on video games and history and an awesome mod for Crusader Kings III!
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Bulletheim: Valheim, Crusader Kings III, ink 1.0 and more!
You might have missed the bulletin last week, so we’re back with a bulletin filled with two weeks worth of gaming news, mostly about Valheim (just kidding, but there is a lot)! In this week’s bulletin we discuss: Crusader Kings III, Valheim, Hades winning at the Gayming Awards, ink version 1.0, Pieter van den Heede on WW2 in video games, Temples & Tombs, Blood Feud, Techland’s bad management and Humankind’s modding tools!
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Bulletin: God of War, Anno 1800, more Valheim and Hellish Quart!
In this week’s bulletin we discuss Valheim, pre-2000 Source Codes, a God of War Update, Imperator: Rome 2, politics and taboos in games, archiving the Atari Burial Ground, New World being delayed, Anno 1800 Docklands, a new Civ VI game mode and Hellish Quart!
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Bulletin: Valheim, Potion Craft, Nebuchadnezzar, Black Myth: Wukong and more!
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss Valheim, Lara Croft, Field of Glory 2: Medieval, Middle Ages in Modern Games, Potion Craft, Nebuchadnezzar, a Lecture on video games and History, Black Myth: Wukong, Archiving multi-platformed games and how pigs play video games!
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Bulletin: Playing with the Past, Age of Empires II, King Arthur, Valheim and more!
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss projects which play with the past, theme parks with ‘historical’ narratives, Age of Empires II, Minecraft Sustainability, King Arthur: A Knight’s Tale, Imperator: Rome 2.0, Bucket of Bolts, VALUE in de Volkskrant, Mass Effect’s data corruption, Valheim and a call of papers by NASTA!
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Bulletin: Mars Horizon, Shao Jun, Hades, Valhalla and more!
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss Mars Horizon, Hades and masculinity, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Shao Jun, Charles Games’ Engine, an interview with Mohawk Games, new Civ VI DLC, a free GDC Showcase, Epic moving to films and our In Depth & Stratigraph of this week!
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Stratigraph: an Ode to Wikipedia
Last week (15th of January), Wikipedia celebrated its 20th anniversary. Those who watch some of our streams know that Wikipedia holds a special place in these play sessions, as we often need to look things up in the online encyclopedia (Wiki-crutch). Because of all that it’s done for us and you, here’s an ode to Wikipedia!
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Bulletin: Defunctland VR, Red Dead Online, Isu Language in Valhalla, our new intern and Twine!
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss Defunctland VR, Red Dead Online Role Playing, A Ghost of Tsushima Crowdfunding, An Essay on Hades, Call of Duty Warzone, the Jane Austen MMO, an Indiana Jones game, an overview of Old World, the Isu Language in Valhalla, our new intern and our own Twine Game!
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Bulletin: Assassin’s Creed, Hades, Age of Empires 4 and more!
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss an Assassin’s Creed themed Bionic Arm, 5GDC talks you can watch, Hades GOTY, Age of Empires 4, Nazis in video games, VALUE Lectures, Minecraft Earth, some more Assassin’s Creed, Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collectors Edition and a 2006 cancelled Tomb Raider Game.
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Bulletin: Nunami, The Anything Gallery, Hades and more!
It’s the first bulletin of 2021! Let us start by wishing you all a happy New Year, and lets hope it will be different from 2020. The bulletins will stay the same however! In this week’s bulletin, we discuss Nunami, fire in video games, The Anything Gallery. Game Maker’s Notebook: Hades, an exhibition about Animal Crossing and an update to Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic!
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Bulletin: Nuketown ’84, the Game Awards, Ancient Cities and more!
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss Valhalla (again), Season, the Game Awards, Age of Empires II snowmen-at-arms, Nuketown ’84, Spelunky 1 & 2, Heaven’s Gate, Ancient Cities and a 3D render of the Temple of Solomon!
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Bulletin: Builders of Greece, Minecraft Colosseum, Gayming Awards 2021 and more!
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss Builders of Greece, LEGO Minecraft, the Colosseum in Minecraft, Flash, Call of the Sea, PS5 Google Searches, Triple Click Podcast, The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding a Civilization, Gayming Awards 2021, Valhalla, HUMANKIND and a new Imperator Rome video!
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Bulletin: ODIN, Empire of Sin, Ancient Cities, Sumerians and more!
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss ODIN: Valhalla Rising, an Oral History of Age of Empires, GOTY, Empire of Sin, Amazing Cultivation Simulator, 50 years of gaming revenue, Mask of the Rose, Ancient Cities, Sumerians, Tolkien’s house and our Imperator Rome Series!
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Bulletin: Flash games, Civilization VI, TIPCO2 and Dr. Ymir!
A slightly less dense bulletin compared to last week, but nevertheless enough fun stuff to talk about! In this week’s bulletin, we discuss Flash Games on The Internet Archives, a deep dive in UI/UX design for Troy, Civ VI, Valhalla, Dr. Ymir, TIPCO2 and a new video on Imperator Rome!
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Bulletin: Valhalla Edition! (just kidding)
In this week’s bulletin, we discuss a lot of stuff about Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (duh), Skull & Bones, Nioh 2, LEGO Colosseum, History in Comic Books, Call of the Sea, Crusader Kings 3, the Inkulinati demo, DiGRA Italia Symposium, Project 007, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Play the Past and Nebuchadnezzar!
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Bulletin: TIPCO2, Video Series, Valhalla, Xbox and Playstation Launch and much more!
It has been two weeks, but the bulletin is back! We have some ground to make up and some past events to discuss (a conference), so get ready: in this week’s bulletin, we discuss TIPCO2 (obviously), Valhalla, Xbox and Playstation Launch, Empire of Sin, Bitsy, EU4, video games in the classroom and Hideo Kojima!
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Bulletin: Kentucky Route Zero, Attentat 1942, Raji: An Ancient Epic and more!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss Kentucky Route Zero, Eivor the Technoviking, Creating History in VR, Viking City Builder, Attentat 1942, an algorithm to deciper languages, Raji: An Ancient Epic, and a project on SNES Manuals!
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Bulletin: Partisans 1941, Humankind, The Wagadu Chronicles and more!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss A Total War Saga: Troy, The Secret of Monkey Island, Partisans 1941, woman protagonists in video games, cat Nazca lines, Humankind, the Wagadu Chronicles, two publications and this weeks Stratigraph!
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Bulletin: TIPC-Online 2, Pendragon, King Arthur: Knight’s Tale, Valhalla and more!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss TIPC-Online 2, Sid Meier’s Memoir, Pendragon, Rogue, Runescape and Scale Theory, Anno 1800, King Arthur: Kinght’s Tale, Valhalla, Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, Pokemon Sword & Shield and Kingdom New Lands!
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Bulletin: Game Dev Tycoon, Baldur’s Gate 3, Minecraft Archaeology, Ghost of Tsushima and more!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss Ghost of Tushima, Game Dev Tycoon, Baldur’s Gate 3, Minecraft Archaeology, misconduct at Ubisoft, Assassin’s Creed Podcasts, Orientalism in Cyberpunk 2077, a doll about gaming history and Oakland’s ‘The MADE’ video game museum!
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Bulletin: Port Royale 4, Farmville, Valhalla, Spelunky 2 and more!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss Port Royale 4, Farmville, a dissertation on game heritage, Crusader Kings 3, Waterlooplein VR, the new Valhalla Trailer, a Spelunky 2 Speedrun, Sands of Salazar, Mount & Blade II, a conference on ancient video games and the Stratigraph round-up!
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Bulletin: The Wagadu Chronicles, Pendragon, Manor Lords and more!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss Manor Lords, Immortals Fenyx Rising, The Wagadu Chronicles, a historical framework, Pendragon, Stronghold: Warlords, Assassin’s Creed in VR, the Game Devs of Color Expo and Civ VI!
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Bulletin: Militsioner, Civ VI, Pendragon, The Invincible and more!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss Militsioner, the new Civ VI update and why it’s a political masterpiece, Hades v1.0, Pendragon, The Invincible, a talk by Ymir, the PS5 launch, a silly CK3 mod, Ghost of Tushima, Foundation and the Stratigraph round-up!
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Bulletin: Crusader Kings III, Sid Meier’s Memoir, Neo Geo and more!
In this weeks bulletin we talk a lot about Crusader Kings III, some more about Sid Meier’s Memoir, the Neo Geo Holy Grail, War Mongrels, The Garden Of Earthly Delights, the new Xbox, some more Blathers of Animal Crossing and free games!
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Bulletin: Crusader Kings III Edition!
In this weeks bulletin, we only focus on Crusader Kings III. Just kidding of course! We definitely discuss CK3, but also Age of Empires III, Curious Expedition 2, the representation of Islam in video games and another interview with Sid Meier!
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Bulletin: Call of Duty, New World, Pharaoh: A New Era and more!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss some more A Total War Saga: Troy, Blathers of Animal Crossing, and interview with the Humankind devs, New World, the trailer for the new Call of Duty, Hellish Quart, and interview with Sid Meier and Pharaoh: A New Era!
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Bulletin: Civ VI, Total War Saga: Troy, Animal Farm & more!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss the release of Civ VI’s Android version, Total War Saga: Troy, Excavate! Egypt, an Animal Farm video game, the new DLC for Total War: Three Kingdoms, Hades, Raji: An Ancient Epic and the re-opening of the National Video Game Museum!
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Bulletin: For Honor, Cauldrons of War, Lockpicking and a Myst Documentary!
In this weeks (short because it is still very warm) bulletin, we discuss For Honor, Cauldrons of War, the Museum of Lockpicking and a documentary about Myst!
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Bulletin: Spirit Island, Troy: A Total War Saga, Spelunky 2 and HUMANKIND!
In this weeks very hot bulletin, we dicsuss Spirit Island, a recipe from Zelda in a historical novel, Troy: A Total War Saga, racism in Red Dead Redemption 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Spelunky 2 and HUMANKIND!
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Bulletin: sexism in gaming, HUMANKIND, Iron Harvest, 5D Chess and more!
In this weeks bulletin, we focus on a new book about sexism in gaming, a new feature focus about HUMANKIND, Iron Harvest, some more Ghost of Tsushima, a Civil War RTS, 5D Chess, Nintendo leaks and the decolonization of video games!
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Bulletin: Ghost of Tsushima edition (just kidding)
You’ll probably have noticed by now, but last friday Ghost of Tsushima was released. Many people, including our own Dr. Random were quite hyped for the game. You can’t visit any website about games without seeing something about Tsushima. Luckily for you, we have dug up some other interesting news items and features!
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Bulletin: Ghost of Tsushima, A New Dawn expansion, New World & some pirates!
In this weeks bulletin, we focus on the new expansion for the Civilization Board Game, another board game by ARISE, an update on New World, the ArcheoGaming Conference, Skull & Bones, Ghost of Tsushima’s great reviews, a pirate mod 17 years in the making and of course the rundown of this weeks Stratigraph!
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Bulletin: Holdfast, Manor Lords, Attentat 1942 and a heist!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss Holdfast, The Settlers, Manor Lords, Attentat 1942, Bryn Celli Ddu, the lack of diversity in Archaeology and how a digital museum stole the National Gallery!
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Bulletin: Bannerlord, Civ VI, AER & the Black Trowel Collective and more!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss the Bannerlord Early Access Updates, a virtual excavation in Minecraft Education, the Civ VI June Update, Taiwan Cooper rip-offs, the Black Trowel Collective Microgrants, a podcast on Archaeogaming, the free game AER on Epic Games and a new project on the NES and History!
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Bulletin: Settlers of Catan, Bannerlord Roleplaying, Humankind Open Dev, VALHEIM and much more!
In this weeks bulletin (it’s a big one) we talk about the Settlers of Catan, Bannerlord Roleplaying, a Racial Justice Humble Bundle, an apology from the devs of Little Devil Inside, the VALHEIM trailer, the Humankind Open Dev, the New World Combat Trailer, Total War Saga: Troy, the Paradox Insider Update, the use of video games to treat ADHD, Ran: Lost Islands open beta test, This War of Mine being added to Polish reading lists and finally a round up of our new Stratigraphs!
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Bulletin: bundles, Anno 1800 Board Game, Elder Scrolls Online antiquities and 51 Worldwide Games
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss another great bundle you can buy to help racial justice and equality, the Anno 1800 board game, antiquities in Elder Scrolls Online, Kalypso Media acquiring a development studios, the Total War Humble Bundle, 51 Worldwide Games for the Switch and how chess is taking Twitch by storm!
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Bulletin: we stand with POC, ‘Artifacts of Play’ & Total War Saga: Troy
Before we discuss any game related news, we want to share some of the thoughts and messages of POC we have been reading, and open up our platform for POC who want to share their thoughts about history, games, and systemic racism. We further discuss artifacts of play, 10+ lessons from Mobile 4X games, Valhalla’s ‘Hidden Blade’, the Total War Saga; Troy exclusive and the decreased spawn rates in Pokémon on tragic anniversaries.
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Bulletin: Animal Crossing Museums, Assassins Creed side-missions, Pendragon and 1700 year old Board Game!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss the museums in Animal Crossing, the side activities in the first Assassins Creed, games on persistance, the excavation of a 1700 year old Board Game, the PS4 swansong Ghost of Tsushima, narrative game Pendragon and how Assassins Creed has failed the conflict at its own core.
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Bulletin: Valhalla, Mafia Trilogy, Huitzilopochtli Zenyatta and free Civ VI!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss the things we have learned about AC: Valhalla so far, the unveiling of 2K’s Mafia: Trilogy, a full motion video game called Deathtrap Dungeon, a revisit to LucasArts’ ’90s cult classic The Dig, the addition of a Aztec god to Overwatch, the International Day of the Museum in Animal Crossing and finally the release of new DLC for Civ VI and where to get the game for free!
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Bulletin: free Discovery Tour, new Civ VI content, Lego ideas, Crusader Kings III release date and more!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss mystery adventure game Call of the Sea, gameplay trailers, new content for Civ VI, Empire of Sin, AC: Odyssey, 26 Lego Ideas, Political Communication in Horror Games, Female Fronted FPS, the new Unreal 5 Engine, Nights of Fire: Battle for Budapest review, free AC Discovery Tours, the Crusader Kings III release date and an extended look at Ghost of Tsushima! It’s a long one!
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Bulletin: Animal Crossing Horror, new Microprose games, the 8 best Viking games and VALUE news!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss an update on TIPC3 and a new VALUE Survey, an Animal Corssing based horror game, the end of arcades, the 8 best Viking games, game developers and the climate crisis, new Microprose games, the theft of 2TB Nintendo Data and Armoured Commander II!
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Bulletin: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Communism in Fallout 76, Paper Computers and Scandinavian folklore!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss the new Assassin’s Creed game, Communism in Fallout 76, paper versions of old hardware, a new retro emulator, the Scandinavian folklore based Röki, a TV series based on Brothers in Arms, 12 narrative games which will get you into reading again and a new book about diversity in video games!
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Bulletin: digital convention, art in Animal Crossing and the graphics of strategy games, Industries of Titan and more new games!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss a digital convention, a call for papers, art content for Animal Crossing, new games Landlord’s Super, Industries of Titan, Before We Leave, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope, how video games misrepresent Ghandi, a discussion of graphics in strategy games, free Total War: Shogun 2, a dev asking for campfire stories, Dr. Random on the radio, the normality of No Man’s Sky and free ebooks!
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Bulletin: The Procession to Calvary, Radio General, Old World, free D&D content and public historians
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss new games The Procession to Calvary and Radio General, a book about the early days of home computing, the sad death of John Conway, the new Keywords in Play podcast, free D&D content, the new Old World 4X game and an interesting article on game developers as public historians!
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Bulletin: reviews, PS5 controller and Disco Elysium!
In this weeks bulletin, we talk about new games In Other Waters and The Longing, a snapshot of the new PS5 controller, Disco Elysium coming to the Nintendo Switch and Nazis in video games.
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Bulletin: Minecraft 1:1 earth map, Mount & Blade II release and Paradox sale!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss a 1:1 earth map for Minecraft, video game history, the WHO urging people to play video games, the release of Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, a fundraising sale by Paradox Interactive and History Respawned! The earth in Minecraft, 1:1 scale What’s cooler than building on a randomly generated seed? … Read More
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Bulletin: Total War DLC, educational Minecraft content, Plague Inc. game mode, free archaeology game and Age of Empires II tournament!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss the new DLC for Total War: Three Kingdoms, an Age of Empires II tournament, new educational content for Minecraft, the review of a new detective game set in 1977’s Barcelona, a free educational archaeology game , a new Plague Inc. game mode and a fundraiser for the UK National … Read More
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Bulletin: ancient games, Mastermind, free Assassin’s Creed, Aliens and Minecraft with VALUE!
In this weeks bulletin, we discuss ancient football-basketball, the history of Mastermind, the kind words of the Ubisoft CEO, the free weekend of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, the history behind aliens in video games and the new VALUE Minecraft server! 3400-year-old ballgame court discovered in Mexico In 2015, archaeologists started an excavation in Etlatongo, a 3400-year-old … Read More
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Bulletin: revolutions, medieval Japan, castles, more Hades and the Nintendo Play Station
In this weeks bulletin, we will discuss the sale of the very rare Nintendo Play Station, a game on the French Revolution and a game on the October Revolution, the Dark Souls-like Nioh 2 set in medieval Japan, a new update for Hades, the castle we built at an event and how Minecraft is used … Read More
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Bulletin: Assassin’s Creed, the Mushroom Kingdom, Greek Mythology and Iranian Gaming history.
In this weeks bulletin, we will discuss a new Assassin’s Creed audio experience, some quirky evidence on why The Mushroom Kingdom is located in the Holy Roman Empire, 3D models being released in the public domain, some more Greek Mythology, the history of Iranian videogames and the kingdom management game we will review next week. … Read More
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Bulletin: VALUE chapter, medieval games, resurrected MMO’s, and free games.
In this weeks bulletin, we focus on a chapter written by VALUE, the terrain features in a new historical strategy game, the resurrection of ten dead MMO’s, the release of the new Mount & Blade game, the dev diary of a new historical/fantasy MMO, the combat in Chivalry 2 and of course the new free … Read More
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Bulletin: playing with history and myths, orcs and more free games!
In this weeks bulletin, we will discuss playing with Greek mythology, the history of orcs in gaming, the epic fail by an English heritage trust, the auction of a very rare piece of hardware, the graphics of the Game Boy Advanced and the reoccuring free games over at the Epic Games Store! How Hades plays … Read More
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Bulletin: updates, free games and awesome archaeology
Paradox testing new subscription based service Paradox Interactive, known for awesome strategy games such as Europa Universalis IV and Hearts of Iron IV, are testing a new subscription service for EU4. The game has a great amount of DLC which can be bought through Steam, and buying it all at the same time can cost … Read More
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Field Reports – Cheating the Past
Welcome to the latest Field Reports! We've got announcements, we've got memes, we've got games!The only thing we don't have, is time to actually play those games! Someone please finish writing my article for me so I can play through Prey. After that, I can FINALLY start Sekiro and see what all this fuss is [...] Read More
Field Report – Emulating the Past: Piracy or Preservation?
Why shutting down ROM websites is a mistake Oh man, remember that game from your childhood that you used to play so much? Yeah, the one with the swords, colourful animals, and the jumping and what-not! You should replay that, it’s going to be so much fun! But wait, your parents sold off your old [...] Read More
Field Reports – Prepare to Die in Medieval Japan
Ninjas! Lore! Resurrection! Excitement! Dark Souls is my favourite game of all time. ALL time. I know every square inch of the game by heart and I've done everything that's possible in the game (twice) like challenge/speed runs, pvp, and coop. I've dragged friends into this hellhole of despair, and I'm only partially sorry for [...] Read More
Field Reports #37: Herald
What better news to kick off our new-fangled Field Reports with than news about Herald, the Dutch game about colonialism and identity in the 18th century. Roy van der Schilden of Wispfire talked about the development of Herald during our Interactive Pasts Conference in 2016, and the second part of the game is now available [...] Read More
Hear ye hear ye! Field Reports new and improved!
Oh hello! It's been a while, hasn't it? So apparently writing a Field Reports every two weeks AND combining work and other activities is sliiiiightly too much to handle. I got behind on writing the Field Report, then more and more articles piled on, then something came up, then another thing, and before you know [...] Read More
Field Reports – A New Direction
I've had the pleasure to report on a wide variety of topics about video games, archaeology, and video games for the past 1,5 years. News about the newest Assassin's Creed, interesting discussions concerning violence and video games, the representation of colonialism in strategy games: you name it, and I've written about it. But it's time [...] Read More