How Video Games Shape Our View of World War II

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With the advance of video games in the 21st century, this roundtable session discusses how World War II is portrayed in games, while also providing a new media for history.

Chair:
Jason Steinhauer, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute and author of History, Disrupted

Guests:
Robert Whitaker, PhD, Professor, Collin College, Creator and Host of "History Respawned"
Peter Hirschmann, Game Director, Respawn Entertainment
Nicholas Moran, “The Chieftain,” Historian, Wargaming.net



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