Pentiment (2021), developed by Obsidian Entertainment, presents a compelling case study of how digital media can engage with micro-historical and post-modern approaches to reimagine the Middle Ages. Set in a…
Trade is a fundamental but often overlooked element in the construction of Tamriel. Across The Elder Scrolls series, ports, markets, roads, merchants, and caravans do more than provide gameplay opportunities:…
Works of high fantasy have long drawn on real-world historical and sociocultural phenomena for inspiration; The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One (Erica Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, Lou Wilson, and…
The Wind Fantasy series is a line of SRPGs developed by FunYours Technology, first released in 1999. It combines click-driven interactive narrative with turn-based tactical combat. In the early 2000s,…
Introduction Discourse surrounding Final Fantasy XVI (FF XVI) has framed it as medieval high fantasy (Medina 2020, Parrish 2023, Bowling 2025). The game seems to draw inspiration from dirtbag medievalism…
Innistrad was since its conception synonymous with Horror in Magic the Gathering, yet the continuous development has expanded its reach and cultural inspirations. Despite its permutations, its connection to Gothic…
What I am increasingly terming Lawplay within the scope of my research comprises: While Lawplay has the potential to cover both a diverse range of historical and contemporary legal frameworks…
“Role-playing games (RPGs) can be ludic, narrative, and social – but they are always on some level psychological experiences. The role-playing experience offers possibilities for studying psychological phenomena like personality…
The most revealing word in Graveyard Keeper may be “resurrection.” In Christian thought, resurrection evokes judgement, salvation, and the restoration of the body. In the game, however, resurrection names a…
Pandemics are usually imagined as future catastrophes. A Plague Tale: Innocence (2019) and A Plague Tale: Requiem (2022), however, relocate the apocalypse to fourteenth-century France. Their world evokes the Black…
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