This interview is the part three of a three-part series on teaching historical game studies at the undergraduate level, and the second half of our interview with Julien Bazile. In this interview, we discuss with Julien his research into Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise, the use of historical sources in game development,...
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This interview is the part
two of a three-part series on teaching historical game studies at the
undergraduate level, and part one of our interview with researcher Julien
Bazile. In this interview, we discuss with Julien his role in co-designing
the HST
287 “History, video games and gamification” course, offered in...
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At Play the Past, we’ve had a long-standing interest in the intersection
of history, games and education.
Many of our current and legacy contributor hail from the world of
education, and you can read them on as varied topics as video games and
educational theory, gamification vs. game-based learning, educational design
and...
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Traditionally, the relationship between humans and our environment has not been the most prominent aspect of historical writing. Particularly before the institutionalization of historical studies in the nineteenth century, the natural world generally took a backseat to kings, monuments, explorers, and revolutions. It usually only...
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Staring bewlidered at the images Notre Dame de Paris in flames, I was struck with how numb I’d become to news of the terrible.
Numb. Incapable of knowing what I felt. The world’s news cameras had turned on the sad spectacle of France’s most famous cathedral overcome with churning flames and smoke.
Social...
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This article is part 2 of a series of posts on using the concept of ‘play’ to teach history in a Malaysian college setting. You can read part 1 by clicking here.
On the first day of the final ‘Playing with Power’ session of 2018, I explained to the World Civilization 2 (from 1500 CE) class their three historical...
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