Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhy medieval city-builder video games are historically inaccurate - Leiden Medievalists Blogwww.leidenmedievalistsblog.nlexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down113
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minus-squareDrSleepless@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up96arrow-down7·1 month agoVideo games aren’t supposed to be realistic, they’re supposed to be fun
minus-squareDon Antonio Magino@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72arrow-down2·1 month agoIt’s still interesting to analyse them like the cultural products they are.
minus-squareFartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·1 month agoYeah, examining the ways they are inaccurate tells us a lot about ourselves.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoNoo I want to spend 50 years before I can have a second well!
minus-squaregrueling_spool@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoSure, but exploring the way games abstract reality can be interesting and worthwhile.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month agoYou can do all sorts of things with video games, even when sticking to realism, if it helps you achieve your goals.
Video games aren’t supposed to be realistic, they’re supposed to be fun
It’s still interesting to analyse them like the cultural products they are.
Yeah, examining the ways they are inaccurate tells us a lot about ourselves.
Noo I want to spend 50 years before I can have a second well!
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Sure, but exploring the way games abstract reality can be interesting and worthwhile.
You can do all sorts of things with video games, even when sticking to realism, if it helps you achieve your goals.
Simulator then?