Love Skyrim, or Age of Empires, or Dungeons and Dragons? We’re kicking off our series on games and medievalism with @DrSyrin’s introduction! #GAM #medievaltwitterhttps://www.publicmedievalist.com/intro-games/
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Replying to @PublicMedieval @DrSyrin
So, are we going to discuss medievalism and video games in relation to the alt-right, toxic masculinity and racism, and the fact that medieval video games is sort of the terrain of white heritage fantasies? Or is this going to be a medievalism is great but let's not talk 1/
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Now THIS is interesting... do either of you have a take on this
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Replying to @ajbloor @PublicMedieval
I have a postgrad
@amechamberlain working on World of Warcraft and medievalism.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
I’m endeavouring to do both in my research. I love video games so I want to celebrate the exposure and interactivity that they can give to historical periods, but I also think it’s really important to acknowledge and challenge the myths and toxicity that they propagate too.
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The series seeks to explore the complexity of games from many angles with multiple focuses (of course! It’s the TPM way!) - we’re always looking for contributors if you’d be interested in writing. WoW is a longtime passion for me so I’d love to read what you’re working on!
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Visible and highly infiltrated white supremacist terrains-video games and medieval. What exactly have you been reading about games studies, this culture, the entire discussion of the alt-right? I expect you have no one from #INeedDiverseGames 2/
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