Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey and Real Archaeology
Introduction Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey continues the franchise’s deep dive into Antiquity, featuring over 60 hours (so far, for me) of deep play in the Greek world of the 5th century […]
Sony PS4 VR’s Scavenger’s Odyssey Literally Made Me Want to Puke
I recently purchased a Sony PS4 VR headset for my archaeogaming research (thanks to a mini-grant from the University of York’s Department of Archaeology) and have been learning how to […]
Archaeologists Talk Archaeogaming
On a lark, I started a Twitter conversation on the evening of January 27th to lament the fact that relics in video games are never really used for archaeology. This […]
The Philosophy of Archaeology in Video Games
Look out honey, ’cause I’m using technology! Ain’t got time to make no apology . . . . I’m the world’s forgotten boy, the one who’s searchin’, searchin’ to destroy —Iggy Pop I admit it: when I’m in-game, I am a baaaad archaeologist. Indiana Jones bad (especially when I’m playing him as my Lego alter ego). I don’t take notes. […]
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