Museum gamification is often confined to a patina of fresh paint to renew canonical public engagement practices.
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Cooperate, Deconstruct, Design
When in 2016 Battlefield 1 was released, many voices in Italy asked to recall the game, partially set on the Italian front during WW1
Divisive Memories in Three Italian Videogames
Talking about divisive memories means touching the core of the contemporary society, which is also reflected in historical video games.
Engaging with Historical Imaginaries Through Digital Games
As convincingly argued by many game scholars, we may agree in considering digital games as fictional worlds we can interact with
Gaming as Public History
The game and particularly the video game, due to the interactivity that is inherent in it, is a participatory medium par excellence.
Witness Auschwitz? How VR is changing Testimony
A change in the culture of remembrance towards a digital-somatic phase is to be expected through immersive media such as “Witness Auschwitz”
Public Historians and their Professional Identity
Videogames are a form of public history, for alongside other digital media, they are the major factor that shapes the historical consciousness of today.
The Moral of the Story: Red Dead Redemption 2
In 2010, the video game Red Dead Redemption took the Western genre into the 21st century. The now published sequel breaks with the eth…