Engaging in History Through Games Is a Great Idea

For many people, these kind of games are sometimes the only avenue they have to learn history. Adrian Shaw is a media studies professor at Temple University. She says by focusing too much on realism, Assassin's Creed deflects criticism and side steps the possibility of presenting history more critically. We've actually grappled with this issue in working on our game because our main character, Viola, is a woman. Some people who played our prototype thought our protagonist should be a man too. They didn't think it was realistic that a young woman would be able to navigate the early modern world of science so freely.