Learning History with Video Games
Distillations | Science History Institute
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The Science History Institute's Lambeth Asylum Game
The Science History Institute is trying to develop a video game based on the history of alchemy in early modern London. Matthew Capel says that selective authenticity can help you understand your place in the world. For academics like him, the question of accuracy misses the forest for the trees. The biggest difference between an Assassin's Creed video game and a period movie is thatyou have agency," said Capel.
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