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The History Respawned Podcast History Respawned
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The History Respawned Podcast is a podcast where professional historians consider historical video games and games culture. The podcast includes audio versions of History Respawned's YouTube interviews with scholars. In addition, the podcast includes discussion episodes featuring series creator Bob Whitaker and Associate Editor John Harney talking about the general links between historical study and the games we play.
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Episode 107: Assassin's Creed Mirage Codex and the History of Baghdad with Dr. Glaire Anderson
In the 10th Anniversary Episode of History Respawned, Bob talks with Dr. Glaire Anderson about working with Ubisoft on Assassin's Creed Mirage's Codex and its History of Baghdad feature. Topics include historians using game development tools, teaching game developers medieval history, and de-centering northern Europe in medieval history.
*Audio from a video episode published on November 20, 2023:
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Episode 106: Atari 50
Bob talks with Jon-Paul Dyson from The Strong National Museum of Play about Atari 50. Topics include the history of Atari, game preservation, and what's new at the Strong Museum in 2023. For more on The Strong, visit: https://www.museumofplay.org/
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*Audio from a video episode published on August 28, 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQcWNRwuN2U -
Episode 105: The Saboteur
Bob talks with Pieter Van den Heede about The Saboteur (2009). Topics include the Second World War, Second World War memory in North America and Europe, Occupation and Resistance, Collaboration, NPCs in Open World Games, and new trends in Second World War video games.
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Episode 104: History Games at Not E3 2023
Bob and John discuss the history game news coming out of the NOT E3 season, including announcements from Ubisoft, Xbox, and PlayStation. Topics include Assassin's Creed Mirage, Assassin's Creed Nexus, Assassin's Creed Codename Jade, Clockwork Revolution, the Gilded Age in games, Lamplighter's League, Fable, Metal Gear Solid 3, The Pirate Queen, Ecumene Aztec, Last Train Home, Sand, Civilization VII, Diablo 4, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
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Episode 103: 2022 History Game Awards
Bob, John, and some special guests discuss the best history games of 2022. Topics include Weird West, The Case of the Golden Idol, NBA 2k23, Cult of the Lamb, Horizon Forbidden West, Card Shark, Victoria 3, Train to Sachsenhausen, Atari 50, Crusader Kings 3, The Legend of Tianding, Valiant Hearts Coming Home, Hades II, Contraband, Mask of the Rose, NORCO, Vampire Survivors, Elden Ring, Stray, and Pentiment.
00:47 – John Gets a Steam Deck for “Academic Purposes”
03:14 – Games Under Consideration
04:40 – Game of the Year Categories
05:34 – Shout Out Games
18:41 – History Game for People Who Don’t Like History
31:54 – Best History Game Character
41:45 – The History Topic We Learned the Most About
49:36 – Best Game for the History Classroom
01:04:04 – Best Old History Game
01:11:33 – Most Anticipated History Game of 2023
01:16:36 – Non-history Game of 2022
01:26:54 – The Best History Game of 2022 -
Episode 102: Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall on Slave Revolt on Screen
Bob talks with Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall about her new book, Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games. Topics include the historiography of the Haitian Revolution, collecting sources for a book about films and games, Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry, comparing historical games and historical films, and the games of Muriel Tramis.
University of Mississippi Press site for Alyssa's book: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/S/Slave-Revolt-on-Screen
Customer Reviews
Very Enjoyable
I’ve enjoyed listening to this podcast for a few years now. Very much worth your time if you both enjoy history and video games that touch on historical themes. Perhaps a bit niche, but it fits the niche well.
Hypercritical
I have only listened to one episode so take this with a grain of salt. I am really interested in Red Dead Redemption 2 and the era that inspired it so I have been voracious with material of the area. This episode was exactly what I wanted—a discussion connecting the two in a direct way.
You could consider me “woke,” a progressive thinker and sensitive to the touchy subjects that this game delves in. I thought Rockstar threaded the needle deftly, for the most part, when it came to things like racism, genocide, Native American atrocities, women’s rights, American greed and the unrelenting Westward expansion that brutalized the land and the people that happened to be in its path. Some subjects in the game were explored more deeply than others but overall there was careful consideration of how they were handled.
The discussion in this episode seems unfairly critical and unrealistic in its expectations of a game. It smacks of entitlement and comes across as a list of complaints. Of course the hosts are entitled to their opinions and I appreciate a thoughtful, deep dive but for me, this dissection of the game added nothing to my appreciation of it.
Great
Love it