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Learning History with Video Games

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Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Getting the Details Right

Games like Assassin's Creed have to take the fantastical elements of the story and grounding them in reality. Game developers are really trying to convey the feeling of the past, not necessarily to give a factual report about it. Take for example Assassin's Creed Syndicate, which is set in Victorian London. You team up with English naturalist geologist and biologist Charles Darwin.

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