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…
Beyond the Battlefield: medieval war and RTS games
Simone Fleres Simone Fleres (English Translation at foot of page) I giochi di strategia in tempo reale (RTS) con ambientazione storica offrono un’immagine della storia che tende a essere deterministica e orientata…
Alleanze e intrighi: la diplomazia in Age of Empires II
Simone Vitolo Simone Vitolo (University of Turin) Transcript (English Translation at foot of page) Per il mio intervento, ho deciso di concentrarmi su Age of Empires II, sviluppato da Ensemble Studios a…
Conflitto e Cooperazione negli Imperi Romani, Occidentale e Orientale, in Total War: Attila
Simone Divincenzo Simone Divincenzo (University of Genoa) (English Translation at foot of page) Introduzione Attila Total War è un videogame che vide la luce il 17 Gennaio 2015. Il gioco è ambientato…
World of Warcraft, l’evoluzione di un MOORPG dal sapore medievale
Luigi D Anto Luigi D’Anto’ (Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II) (English Translation at foot of page) Dal suo anno di lancio, il 2004, World of Warcraft (siglato in WoW) è tra…