Playing With The Past

In this episode, I do something a little different and talk about my top 5 favorite medievalisms in video games.

"One time he in 1462, he left thousands of impaled victims impaled on a field after retreating from a battle."   In this episode, I discuss the actual Dracula who lived and two Dracula games.   Sources mentioned in the episode.   Florescu, Radu, and Raymond T. McNally. 1994. In Search Of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires. Subsequent edition. Boston: Mariner Books.

"Lacy also uses the example of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, if you haven't watched it, stop listening and go watch."   In this episode, I will discuss side quests in two Zelda games and side quests in some of the medieval romances.   Sources mentioned in the episode. Howard, Jeff. 2008. Quests: Design, Theory, and History in Games and Narratives. 1st edition. A K Peters/CRC Press.   Lacy, Norris J. 2000. “From Medieval to Post-Modern: The Arthurian Quest in France.” South Atlantic Review 65 (2): 114–33. https://doi.org/10.2307/3201814.

These ships and their high speeds were a cornerstone of the Viking hit-and-run raiding technique.

 

In this episode, I will discuss Viking ships and their use in the game Northgard.

"Things were not all sunshine and daisy, though."

 

In this episode, I will discuss the game Crusader Kings III again, along with the formation of England as a nation during the middle ages.

 

Sources mentioned in this episode:

 

Magazine, Smithsonian, and Mary Rambaran-Olm Wade Erik. n.d. “The Many Myths of the Term ‘Anglo-Saxon.’” Smithsonian Magazine. Accessed September 1, 2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/many-myths-term-anglo-saxon-180978169/.

 

Morris, Marc. 2021. The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 – 1066. Pegasus Books

"There are giant sacks of gold in the castle."

 

In this episode, I will discuss the Sheriff of Nottingham board game and a brief history of the Robin Hood stories.

 

 

Sources mentioned in the episode.

 

Baldwin, David. 2012. Robin Hood: The English Outlaw Unmasked. Amberley Publishing.

"After continuing to be an absolutely heinous person he was assassinated."

 

In this episode I discuss the board game Coup and Maximilian Robespierre and Rafael Trujillo along with the coups both men were involved in.

 

Sources mentioned in this episode

 

“Coup.” n.d. BoardGameGeek. Accessed August 3, 2022. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/131357/coup.

 

“Definition of COUP D’ÉTAT.” n.d. Accessed August 2, 2022. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coup+d%27%C3%A9tat.

 

"It is so easy as a child to see your parents and other adults in black and white terms when in reality we are all shades of grey."

 

 

In this episode, I discuss the video game Hades, Greek Myths, and whether or not the game is a Greek Myth.

 

Sources mentioned in this episode.

 

Buxton, Richard. 2004. The Complete World of Greek Mythology. London: Thames & Hudson.

"The Black Plague was just shit icing on the cake for Europe."

 

In this episode, I discuss several times when the apocalypse was supposed to happen and the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout New Vegas.

 

No sources were mentioned specifically in this episode but for a full list see www.playingwtpast.com