Exploring the archaeology in (and of) video games.
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The Game Theorists is a YouTube channel which analyzes digital games. In their videos, there are many tools which archaeogamers can (and should) use for their studies. By adding to the list and making these elements known, the archaeogaming community can think of these methods and new ones as a communal effort to improve archaeological methods in digital games.
Horizon Zero Dawn explores themes in the placement of ruins and artifacts for the digital game world. Archaeogaming is the archaeology in and of games and the way that Horizon Zero Dawn explores the archaeological theory behind analysis of artifact.
The definition of archaeogaming needs to expand and encompass tabletop (or analogue) gaming and games. The archaeology in and of tabletop gaming provides an insight into the culture of the historic period but also our own. Historical games found in archaeological excavations and in historical documentation should be encompassed in the definition of archaeogaming since gaming is much more than digital games.
This special guest post by Franki Webb explores the archaeogaming of Dragon Age Inquisition and Dragon Age Origins. The archaeology in and of Dragon Age by Bioware.
An Introduction to the Archaeology in (and of) Horizon Zero Dawn by Guerrilla Games (2017), on the PlayStation 4. Discussing the archaeogaming aspects in Horizon Zero Dawn as the first of a series of posts exploring the subject of the archaeology in and of Horizon Zero Dawn.
E3 occurred this week and new games, new installments to old franchises, and exciting news for archaeology in and of digital games. Exploring the new archaeogaming potential from the announcements and trailers for E3 entertainment expo.
Introduction The diverse archaeogaming community of practice shares one grand challenge that stands out over all others: publication. This brief post breaks the challenge down into three major points: 1) […]
Thanks to No Man’s Sky‘s Online Services wonky behavior, human-occupied systems can completely disappear without a trace, only to resurface at a moment’s notice once the connection to the servers is […]
Asphodel and its only surviving base have changed between its founding in April 2017 and the Atlas Rises event in August. The Birdcage once shared a planet with other player […]
0915 Hello, everyone! Yours truly has a press pass to the very first TriBeCa Games Festival! I will be live-blogging the sessions this morning, so refresh the page if you […]
The 50th anniversary conference for the Society of Historical Archaeology was held from January 4–8, 2017, in Fort Worth, Texas. Archaeogaming featured in two sessions. L. Meghan Dennis (University of […]
Over the past six months I’ve been busy writing my book, Archaeogaming: An Introduction to Archaeology in (and of) Video Games. Because I’ve been writing the book, I haven’t been writing […]
Below is a map/chart of archaeogaming as I see it, and largely reflects what I and my colleagues are doing in the field right now. There is certainly a lot […]
Originally posted on Archaeology of the Mediterranean World:
Last spring, Richard Rothaus and I had a few conversations with with Andrew Reinhard about the idea of archaeogaming. Andrew has loosely…
The world’s first, dedicated archaeogaming conference will be held on April 4–5, 2016, at the University of Leiden, courtesy of the Value Project. Register and submit an abstract! Source: Introducing […]
Originally posted on Archaeology of the Mediterranean World:
This last month has been pretty fun. I’ve been thinking a bit about object biographies, reading for a multibook review, and, believe it or not, still thinking about the Alamogordo Atari Expedition. While these things rattled around in my brain, I got to pondering the life history of the Atari games. As…
