History and Games This Week
Welcome to the week in history and games, a short collection of links to stories and news that we hope you find interesting.
Usually, we wrap up this weekly article with a link to work we have done recently, but today we are breaking protocol a little to share the newest project at History Respawned: Civs 101! We are very excited about this project: we are going to go through a selection of available civilizations in Civilization 6 and discuss the game's representation of each in the wider context of the series. The first episode is already up! And in podcast form too! Our good friend Robert Greene II joins Bob to get things started with the United States.
It has been a big week for historical games studies. Games scholars in Britain, including Adam Chapman and Esther Wright- each of whom have joined us before - have started a new project the Historical Games Network. Their first event, a panel discussion on historical truth, is coming this May. We are looking forward to their work!
Back in 2011, Valve produced a documentary during that year's International that focused on three Dota 2 esports athletes: Benedict "hyhy" Lim, Clinton "Fear" Loomis, and Danil "Dendi" Ishutin. The documentary has been on YouTube for a long time - and still is - but arrived on Netflix today, seemingly as part of an ongoing Valve streaming strategy. At this point, the documentary is itself effectively a primary source, and definitely worth checking out.
Finally, some good news: Sony have reversed their decision to close the Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita online stores. The Playstation Portable store will still close as planned, sadly. However, it does seem like digital conservation concerns may have factored into this decision, and that is good news.
