Field of Glory Day 2024
Rob Houghton We were delighted to participate in Slitherine Games‘ Field of Glory Day as part of the fifth Middle Ages in Modern Games Asynchronous Conference on 4 June 2024. From Slitherine…
MAMG24
Five Years of the Middle Ages in Modern Games
Robert Houghton (University of Winchester) So, this is the end of the fifth Middle Ages in Modern Games Asynchronous conference. Once again, we’ve had an impressive range of papers from…
The Sonic Environments of Medieval(ist) Games
Karen Cook Karen Cook (Hartt School, University of Hartford) This keynote is culled from a chapter forthcoming in Music and Sonic Environments in Video Games: Listening to and Performing Ludic Soundscapes, eds.…
Who is the Real Enemy? The Races of Elves and Giants in God of War (2018)
Renata Lesniakiewicz-Drzymala Renata Leśniakiewicz-Drzymała (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) In Norse mythology, apart from Gods and Men, there are also other races, including Elves and Giants. Elves are traditionally seen as luminous beings associated…
Bandits and thieves in RPGs: dehumanization and heroization of the criminal
Albert Leparc Albert Leparc (Paris-Sorbonne University) Hi ! For my second paper for the MAMG, I’d like to give a broad-brush approach on my research about the most common – if not…
The ‘Playersexuality’ Debate: Love, Romance, Identity, and Player Perceptions of Baldur’s Gate 3 and the Dragon Age Series
Christine Tomlinson Christine Tomlinson (University of California, Irvine & University of Southern Denmark) Contemporary videogames increasingly emphasize agency for players, which is limited by the parameters of the game’s design. Role-playing games…
Returning to an Imagined Past: How Game Mods Reinforce Anachronistic Medieval Fantasy
Blair Apgar Blair Apgar (Elon University) Video games set in traditional fantasy worlds often draw inspiration from the Middle Age; though still largely divorced from academic conceptualizations of the period, modern titles…
Law as Violence: Langobard Laws & Tabletop Roleplay Games
Thom Gobbitt Thom Gobbitt (Austrian Academy of Sciences) My focus here is on violence and the rules systems of Tabletop Roleplay Games (TTRPGs), to address the question of whether rules for violence…
Relationships in crisis: Visualising and analysing the breakdown of medieval aristocratic networks with Crusader Kings
Markus Mindrebo Markus Mindrebø (University of Stavanger) Paradox Interactive’s Crusader Kings series of games provides excellent opportunities to explore and visualise the development and breakdown of medieval aristocratic relationships. Utilising its mechanics…
Beyond Feudalism: how modern games can handle internecine conflicts in early medieval polities
Arturo Mariano Iannace Arturo Mariano Iannace (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca) Despite the sheer number of games with a medieval setting having been developed, only a few deal with internecine conflicts. This…