Assassin’s Creed Origins
2021; American Schools of Oriental Research; Volume: 84; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1086/713365
ISSN2325-5404
Autores Tópico(s)Gambling Behavior and Treatments
ResumoAssassin's Creed Origins offers a virtual visit to ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic and Roman eras. The game is fun, of course, but what value could it possibly hold for scholars? After all, everything in it is either based on information that we already know or reconstructed from incomplete evidence. In this paper, I argue that this immersive game world has value beyond simply scratching an Egyptologist's itch to visit ancient Egypt, and that this value holds in spite of the occasional bit of speculation. The game designers' attention to historical detail results in a simulated world that is strikingly rich and accurate, while the experience of interacting with this world carries over into our understanding of ancient Egypt as a real place. With this enriched understanding, we are able to evaluate scholarly questions with a broader and more robust sense of perspective.
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