Learning History with Video Games
Distillations | Science History Institute
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Are Historical Video Games an Important Tool for Learning?
Phil Delft: I hadn't played a video game since the eighth grade. He says playing Assassin's Creed turned out to be a profound learning experience. Phil asks, is it okay to have informal encounters with history? What do we lose when we start putting engagement and imagination ahead of accuracy? And are the people represented as accurate as the worlds that game developers build?
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