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Playing the Middle Ages: Pitfalls and Potential in Modern Games is now available in paperback. 14 chapters on the Middle Ages in Modern Games from a host of excellent scholars. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/playing-t...

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Remember to check out this week's high-flying episode of #HoFCast with @coldwarhost.bsky.social all about Cold War air power on film! And then come back next week to hear us talk with @robehoughton.bsky.social all about the Middle Ages in video games! shows.acast.com/the-history-...

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MIT Summer Wargaming Institute The MIT Wargaming Lab will be holding a summer institute on 20-24 July 2025. The application page can be found here.

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New Medieval Books: The Middle Ages In Computer Games, by @robehoughton.bsky.social‬ published by @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social https://www.medievalists.net/2025/02/new-medieval-books-the-middle-ages-in-computer-games/ #Gaming #booksky #medievalism

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Looking forward to presenting today at the AI and Writing for Games: Revolutionising Play and Design webinar.

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This event with myself, @juliarsct.bsky.social, & @amfoster.bsky.social is next week at the @ihr.bsky.social! Still time for people to book tickets and any #historians absolutely feel free to share it with any of your colleagues/students who are interested in public history. 🗃️

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This is going to be great! I can't wait to hear from @blairapgar.bsky.social , @jubalbarca.bsky.social and Katie have got to say. Sign up for free.

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Hey, Medieval History/Games fans [& everyone else!]. The next HGN discussion panel is happening 19th March 2025 with special guests @robehoughton.bsky.social, Blair Apgar, James Baillie, and Katie Newell. Sign up: ⬇️🏰🎲🎮 buytickets.at/historicalga... #gamingthepast #historicalgames

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Call for Papers for the 6th 'Middle Ages in Modern Games Asynchronous Conference' on 3-6 June is now available. The central themes this year are ‘Globalities’ and ‘Regionalities’. A great opportunity to share work in the field @midagesmodgames.bsky.social middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement...

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The MAMG 2025 call for papers is now live! Themes of 'Globalities' and 'Regionalities'. Get your abstracts in by 3 May. #medieval #gamestudies

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We're delighted to open the Call for Papers for the sixth Middle Ages in Modern Games Asynchronous Conference: Globalities and Regionalities (3-6 June 2025). The themes are 'Globalities' and 'Regionalities' with deadline 3 May. Details below and here: middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement...

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Recorded two really great episodes this week with @coldwarhost.bsky.social and @robehoughton.bsky.social - you can hear them, along with @drsepinwall.bsky.social and @mattalt.bsky.social in February! Next week, we talk about some guy named Walt Disney with the Intl Journal of Disney Studies!

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Come and join us at this #free #online #training session on 27 February! #KnowledgeExchange and #Impact: How, What, Why? We'll explore toolkits, resources & case studies, and will think critically and reflectively, beyond REF and KEF... Sign up via link below 👇

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Götz est un puzzle-game qui sent bon le Moyen Âge. Dispo par ici : store.steampowered.com/app/3391930/... #JVH

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ATTENTION: I am starting a charity bundle to benefit victims of the Southern California wildfires. Game (and other) makers, please submit your projects so we can do some good. There is a call for submissions of projects through the 18th, please share widely! FAQ below: itch.io/jam/californ...

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the january update for seven part pact is now available!! it includes: - spells with flavor text - lore about the past - new rules for sorcerer and mariner (this time for realsies) - even more courtly intrigue - and more! www.patreon.com/posts/seven-...

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It's the last day of the Call for Papers for our Games strand at the Middle Ages in the Modern World conference on 24-26 June in London and online. Don't forget to get your abstracts in!

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There's still time to get abstracts in for the Middle Ages in Modern Games strand for the MAMO conference this year. Attendance in London or online. Deadline is Friday and we'd love to see you in June!

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Were there really barbarians in Mainz in 406? What was "news" in late antiquity? In case you missed it, my new open access paper that rethinks the founding events of the end of the Roman empire in light of female agency and the understanding of history. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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First #VendrediLecture of the year, I'm finishing The Middle Ages in Computer Games by @robehoughton.bsky.social (upcoming review for @modernmedieval.bsky.social). It is so stimulating that it took two highlighters and lots on notes to study it. And now I want to play video games. #médiévalisme

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Hi History Educators. Some'd be delighted to know a website on using historical video games in history education (and historical game studies) exists, has existed for 14 years, and is full of a lot of relevant all free) (amplifications appreciated; I think a lot of interested folk just don't know)

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As part of #DiGRA2025, we are introducing a new feature in the conference program: a showcase for early career scholars and scholars in precarious positions. Submissions are open (even if you have papers in other tracks already): digraconference2025.org/calls-ECRPP-... CC @ckunzelman.bsky.social

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Very happy that has come out just before the holiday, and with my own piece in there on Law & Violence (Gobbitt 2024: 44-50), taking a first look at the intersection of the Lombard laws and TTRPGs (and which I'm even now planning to expand into a full chapter/article in the coming years!) 🎲⚔️⚖️

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Hey if we're talking about cool gifts history books written as investigative (i.e. the sources are really poor) history about late Republic aristocrats politicking, stabbing, and otherwise slaying one another, this is on sale: (I mention it because it's my latest and, I hope, best written)

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Author copies for my book 'Sonic Pasts: acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes' have now arrived. Right on time for Christmas 😊 The book is now available for sale for anyone interested 🎁 www.routledge.com/Sonic-Pasts-...

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If you're after some open access reading on games and medievalism over the break, then @midagesmodgames.bsky.social have you covered. This year's conference proceedings are out now.

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Just in time for Christmas, the proceedings of The Fifth Middle Ages in Modern Games are out now! They includes a vast range of short articles dealing with a plethora of subjects relating to the medieval world and medievalism in games of all sorts. issuu.com/theuniversit...

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This is very cool. @archarise.bsky.social have been running interviews on interactive history and archaeology for years, and now they've compiled them into a book!

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É com prazer que anunciamos o lançamento de nosso livro, "Cultura Material e Digital em Diálogo". Trata-se de uma compilação de entrevistas sobre arqueologia e temas correlatos que realizamos a partir de 2020. (ENG below) #gamingthepast #archaeogaming

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So Leute, ich weiß ich bin nicht so fleißig beim Eintragen der aktuellen Game Studies-Termine, aber heute ists mal wieder so weit! languageatplay.de/aktuelle-gam...

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Seems like the number of new folk is slowing, so maybe last time I circulate this list of people who post and talk (and some write) about history in and around games. Let me know if I've missed you. go.bsky.app/DCc9miK

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I wrote about the Dark Ages and Tech Trees for the Historical Games Network. The post may include some alliteration and tree based puns... I'd love to hear about your experiences with any unusual ways that strategy games handle medieval technology. #gamingthepast #medieval

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New on the HGN blog today: as a bridge between the Technology and Medievalism themes, we have @robehoughton.bsky.social’s post on Civilization, Tech Trees, and the Digital Dark Ages www.historicalgames.net/digital-dark... #gamingthepast #historicalgames

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I'm delighted to be involved with the Medievalism strand over at @historygamesnet.bsky.social. I know a lot of you are working on the Middle Ages or medievalism in games - if you want a great public platform for your work then I'd love to hear from you. Don't miss their massive back catalogue too!

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We are excited to announce our new quarterly theme: Medievalism! Guest-chaired/convened by @robehoughton.bsky.social, the theme will accept contributions from right now until March 2025. More details here: www.historicalgames.net/call-for-con... #historicalgames #gamestudies #gtp

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