Nostalgia and presentism

When the Past Returns as the Future: The New Rome in the Wasteland and the Roman Metaphor in Fallout: New Vegas

Yahuai Lu October 7, 2026 1Comment

History in video games invariably belongs to the present. In recent years, a major consensus in historical game studies holds that games almost always reflect contemporary reality—arguably operating within “only…

MAMG26 Nostalgia and presentism

Virtual Battles for the Past: Medievalism as Propaganda and Counter-Propaganda in the Russo-Ukrainian War

Yaraslau Kot October 7, 2026 3Comments

In contemporary geopolitical conflicts, historical representation is systematically weaponized across interactive media (Kot, 2026; Games Gathering & UCF, 2024). As documented in empirical research on Russian historical propaganda (Re-Vision of…

MAMG26 Nostalgia and presentism

Between the Hearth and the Kremlin — Nostalgic Entanglements: Gender, Affect, and Materiality in Digital Depictions of Medieval Rus’

Kristina Wittkamp October 7, 2026 2Comments

What does it mean to feel a medieval past that one has never lived? Digital games increasingly return to medieval Rus’, yet these virtual worlds are rarely neutral reconstructions; they…

When the Past Returns as the Future: The New Rome in the Wasteland and the Roman Metaphor in Fallout: New Vegas

Virtual Battles for the Past: Medievalism as Propaganda and Counter-Propaganda in the Russo-Ukrainian War

Between the Hearth and the Kremlin — Nostalgic Entanglements: Gender, Affect, and Materiality in Digital Depictions of Medieval Rus’

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