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How Civilization V Brings Historical Nations to the Global Stage: Analysis of the Game’s Majapahit-Era Indonesia

Pratama Wirya Atmaja June 5, 2025 5Comments

By Pratama Wirya Atmaja, Andreas Nugroho Sihananto, and Gredy Christian Hendrawan Putra (University of Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Jawa Timur, Indonesia) Regardless of the world’s increasing globalization, every nation still relies…

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Pixel to Parallax: Low-Poly Cartographies of Medieval Spatial Narrative in Games

Xinyu Kang June 5, 2025 6Comments

By Xinyu Kang (Peking University) and Yuantong Yun (Tsinghua University) Introduction: Low-Polygon Medievalism as Technical Mediation Low-polygon 3D assets dominate medieval-themed games, with 47% of Steam titles (2020-2023) using this…

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Harnessing Nature by Hand: An Ecofeminist Critique of Age of Empires II

Shu Wan June 5, 2025 5Comments

By Shu Wan (University of Buffalo) In light of the persistence and prevalence of the exploitative perception of human-nature relations in RTS games, there is an urgent need to address…

How Civilization V Brings Historical Nations to the Global Stage: Analysis of the Game’s Majapahit-Era Indonesia

Pixel to Parallax: Low-Poly Cartographies of Medieval Spatial Narrative in Games

Harnessing Nature by Hand: An Ecofeminist Critique of Age of Empires II

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