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The Paradox of Abstract Time in Historical Video Games

On: January 5, 2023

“Playing at history”. A few generations ago, science fiction writers seemed almost alone in entertaining the thought. Today, the very idea of going on a trip in a virtual historical setting has gone mainstream, thank in good part to the spread of video games. This success comes at a price.Continue Reading

History, Take Three: How Video Game Replay Alters Your Perception of Time

By: Gilles Roy

On: May 13, 2021

In: Articles

On May 7, 2021 at the 88th ACFAS congress, I delivered a presentation on replayability in video games in a conference organized by Simon Dor from University from Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Julien Bazile from the University of Sherbrooke, entitled “Controlling the Past: Design and Critique of the Mechanics ofContinue Reading