Game Changers: Antiquity and Video Games
9This video was produced for the Week of the Classics 2023 at the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) at Leiden.
Antiquity and video games, they seem like an unlikely pair. However, video games have always had a fruitful relation with Antiquity. From the earliest computer games to the latest blockbusters, the histories and cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome are used as fun places to play with and discover the past. More than that, games set in antiquity have given us revolutionary innovations in games, from Hamurabi, the first narrative computer game, all the way to the immersive open worlds of Assassin’s Creed. In doing so, games have also let us play with our own perspectives and stereotypes about Classical Antiquity. In this discussion, we will take you through these game changers set in antiquity and discuss how they revolutionized game history and our understanding of the past.
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