Materialization of the Immaterial
In my home: a scale model of the Parthenon (purchased in Greece), a replica clay lamp (purchased in Italy), an imitation Viking coin (purchased in Sweden), a Tardis (made of […]
Archaeogaming featured on Motherboard (Vice)
Archaeogaming is featured on today’s Motherboard, the science and technology portion of the Vice newsgroup online. Click here (or on the image above) to read the piece, written by Kathleen […]
Archaeogaming at the University of Leiden (Guest Post!)
Introduction Today’s post is by Aris Politopoulos, a veteran gamer and Ph.D student at the University of Leiden. He recently spoke to his friends at Leiden’s Archaeology Forum on the […]
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. […]
What is Archaeogaming?
Let me begin at the beginning, a Level 1 n00b, but an archaeology “Master.” I was once a reluctant gamer who was dragged kicking and screaming into World of Warcraft […]
Archaeogaming 