There's still a couple of weeks left to get your abstracts in for our @imc-leeds.bsky.social strand next year! We how to see a lot of you there. Deadline 17 September.

If you've been following us this year, you'll know all about DropCaps from Kelcey Gray and Jessie Contour. The game is out now on Google Play and the App Store and is well worth a look! www.dropcapsgame.com

The Call for Papers for our strand on the Middle Ages in Modern Games for next year's @imc-leeds.bsky.social is now open with the conference theme of 'Temporalities'. Please circulate to any interested parties. Deadline 17 September. Text here: middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement...

In the last few weeks of writing this paper I've been inspired by the Middle Ages in Modern Games network (@midagesmodgames.bsky.social), who I met at @themamoconf.bsky.social. My paper is really the Ancient World in Medieval Games, but some methodologies are strikingly similar!

Preparing my presentation for Thursday's @midagesmodgames.bsky.social session at #IMC2025. I'll be reflecting on the ocularcentric perspectives at the centre of Ubisoft's work on heritage as a way of legitimising historical representation in the AC games, by focusing on the Notre Dame fire of 2019.

Now this will be interesting

We’re delighted to be returning to the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds next week. We’ve got 20 papers in person and online spread over two days of the event, alongside a roundtable on medievalist games outside the Anglophone world.

That’s really all for this year! Thank you for joining #MAMG25, whether as speakers, participants, or both! The conference may be over, but that doesn’t mean you cannot go forward with reading all the awesome papers that have been delivered this year, and with asking more questions to their authors!

Time for conclusions for #MAMG25! Please join us for the concluding remarks on this year ‘The Middle Ages in Modern Games’ conference, with Robert Houghton delivering them, by the title ‘International Opportunities, International Challenges’. Read it here: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=1065

10 minutes to go before going forward with the concluding remarks by Robert Houghton on what the latest #MAMG25 has delivered to us! Join us at 4pm (UTC+1) for ‘International Opportunities, International Challenges’!

That was all for our last Keynote Lecture! But #MAMG25 is not over yet! We will take a break now, but please join us at 4pm (UTC+1) for the concluding remarks by Robert Houghton, looking at what this year’s immersion in medievalist games has given us, and what it could give us in the future!

The time for our second (and last) Keynote Lecture has come! William Chen speaks at #MAMG25 about ‘Making Rajas of Asia: Modding Cultural Representation and Stateless Government in an Imperialist Game’. Come read and ask your questions: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=900

Time for #MAMG25 last Keynote Lecture: William Chen will talk to us about the power of modding and the possibilities it offers with his paper ‘Making Rajas of Asia: Modding Cultural Representation and Stateless Government in an Imperialist Game’. Join us in 10 minutes!

We have a slightly longer break now, then please join us again at 2pm (UTC+1) for our second keynote for #MAMG25, delivered by William Chen: ‘Making Rajas of Asia: Modding Cultural Representation and Stateless Government...'

That’s a wrap for the Globalism and Religion panel! Thank you so much to our presenters: Hirohito Tsuji, Ron Heckler, and Juan Manuel Rubio Arévalo, and to everyone joining in with questions and comments! #MAMG25

Final paper for this #MAMG25 session on Globalism and Religion is ‘The Eternal Presence of Holy War: The Procedural Rhetoric of Jihad and Crusade in Total War: Medieval 2’, by Juan Manuel Rubio Arévalo. Come read and ask your questions in the comments: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=881

Next up is Ron Heckler’s ‘„Denn häufig haben sich auf seinem Wink und Befehl viele von ihnen von einer hohen Mauer hinunter gestürzt [...]“: Die Tradierung des mittelalterlichen Mythos der Nizari Ismailis in Narration und Gameplay in Assassin’s Creed’: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=981

The Globalism and Religion panel is starting now with a paper on ‘Religious Tensions: The Itatehyōzu Shrine in Assassin's Creed Shadows’ by @tsujihirohito.bsky.social, check it out on the website here: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=877 #MAMG25

Just 10 minutes to go before we start our second panel for today, Globalism and Religion, at 12pm (UTC+1)! While you wait, check out all the awesome papers on our website from the last two days of #MAMG25 using the programme with links: middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement...

Thanks so much to all our presenters in Friday’s first panel for #MAMG25, Jéssica Iolanda Costa Bispo, Simone Fleres, Roderick Dale and Markus Mindrebø! We have a short rest now, then we’ll be back for our second session, Globalism and Religion, at 12pm (UTC+1)!

Third and final paper to close our Witcher panel is ‘Dungeons & Distortions: The Pseudo-Norse berserkir in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’ by Roderick Dale and @markusmindrebo.bsky.social, check it out and ask your questions in the comments: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=866/

The second paper of our Witcher panel is now live, ‘The Witcher 3: un viaggio nel tempo e nello spazio dell’Europa medievale’, by Simone Fleres, and is in Italian (with an English translation): middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=861

Starting today’s first #MAMG25 panel is the paper ‘Female Voices in a Medieval-Inspired Universe: a Brief Comparative Study of the Representation of Women in The Witcher Books and Video Games’ by Jéssica Iolanda Costa Bispo. It’s live on the site: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=815

The third and final day of #MAMG25 is about to begin! Head over to our website to check out the programme, and read two days of great papers, and our first panel for today, Fantasy Medievalism in The Witcher, will start in just 10 minutes at 10am (UTC+1)! middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement...

Thanks to all our panelists! That’s a wrap in our second day at #MAMG25. We will be back tomorrow at 10.00 UCT+1 with our panel on Fantasy Medievalism in The Witcher. In the meantime, please do catch up with the papers and continue asking question #MAMG25

Thank you for your paper Simone. Our final paper of this panel is by Blair Apgar (@BlairApgar , @blairapgar.bsky.social )and titled “Framing the Other Within: Sebhat of Sadai, Narrative Legibility, and Ethiopian Manuscript Aesthetics in Pentiment” #MAMG25 middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg25/frami...

Thank you very much for your paper Johansen. Our second paper is by Simone Vitolo and titled “L’era dei rumors e il razzismo: Kingdom Come Deliverance II” #MAMG25 middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg25/lera-...

Our first paper of the panel is by Johansen Quijano (@QuijanoPhD , @quijanophd.bsky.social ) and titled “Globalities and Regionalities in Roleplaying across Culture and Race in Black Desert Online” #MAMG225 middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg25/globa...

Welcome back! In just 10 minutes, we will continue with our final panel on the second day of #MAMG25 with a panel on Race and Culture, with papers by @QuijanoPhD (@quijanophd.bsky.social), Simone Vitolo, and @BlairApgar (@blairapgar.bsky.social) The first paper is at 18.00 UTC+1

Thanks to all our panelists! Lots to think about after 3 insightful contributions. We have a break now, and we are back at 18.00 UTC+1 with our session on Race and Culture. In the meantime, please do catch up with the papers and continue asking question #MAMG25

Thank you very much for your paper, Lucas and Patrick. Our final paper of this panel is by Merle Stratmann and titled “We can be heroes, just for one day: Concepts of history in LARP” #MAMG25 middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg25/we-ca...

Thank you very much for your paper, Stephen. Our second paper is by Lucas Haasis and Patrick Heike (@lhaasis.bsky.social‬ and @patrick1994.bsky.social) and titled “Teaching the 16th century with Pentiment” #MAMG25 middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg25/teach...

Our first paper of the panel is by Stephen Yeagar and titled “Social Media in Dungeons & Dragons” #MAMG225 middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg25/socia...

Hello everyone! In just 10 minutes we will continue with our fourth panel on the second day of #MAMG25 with our session on Participatory Heritage, with papers by Stephen Yeagar, @lhaasis.bsky.social‬ , and @patrick1994.bsky.social‬ , and Merle Stratmann. The first paper goes live at 16.00 UTC+1

Thanks to all our panelists! Lots to think about after 3 insightful contributions. We have a break now, and we are back at 16.00 UTC+1 with our session on Participatory Heritage. In the meantime, please do catch up with the papers and continue asking question #MAMG25

Thank you very much for your paper, Renata. Our final paper of this panel is by Vinicius Marino Carvalho ( @vinicius-marino.bsky.social ) and titled “Gaming Beyond the ‘Commons’: Counter-Hegemonic Readings of Medievalist Tropes” #MAMG25 middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg25/gamin...

Thank you very much for your paper, Robert. Our second paper is by Renata Lesniakiewicz-Drzymala (@RenLesDrzym) and titled “Stranger in Strange Lands: Eivor’s Encounter with the Mohawk Culture in Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla” #MAMG25 middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg25/stran...

Our first paper of the panel is by Robert Rouse ( @rousemedieval.bsky.social ) and titled “A Left-Coast Medieval: Progressive Values in Age of Empires IV” #MAMG225 middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg25/a-lef...

Our first paper of the panel is by Robert Rouse ( @rousemedieval.bsky.social ) and titled “A Left-Coast Medieval: Progressive Values in Age of Empires IV” #MAMG225 middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=742

Hello everyone! In just 10 minutes, we will continue with our third panel on the second day of #MAMG25 with our session on Alternative Approaches to Globalism, with papers by @rousemedieval.bsky.social , @RenLesDrzym, and @vinicius-marino.bsky.social The first paper will go live at 14.00 UTC+1

Thanks so much presenters for a fantastic second panel for Day 2 of #MAMG25: Shu Wan, Xinyu Kang, Yuantong Yun, @pratamaatmaja.bsky.social, Andreas Nugroho Sihananto, & Gredy Christian Hendrawan Putra! We have a longer break now, join us back at 2pm UTC+1 for ‘Alternative Approaches to Globalism’!

Final paper for this #MAMG25 panel is live: ‘How Civilization V Brings Historical Nations to the Global Stage: Analysis of the Game’s Majapahit-Era Indonesia’, by @pratamaatmaja.bsky.social, Andreas Nugroho Sihananto, & Gredy Christian Hendrawan Putra middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg25/how-c...

Time now for the second paper in the Eurocentric Globalism panel, ‘Pixel to Parallax: Low-Poly Cartographies of Medieval Spatial Narrative in Games’ by Xinyu Kang and Yuantong Yun, live now on the website: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=966 #MAMG25

The #MAMG25 Eurocentric Globalism panel begins now with the first paper ‘Harnessing Nature by Men: An Ecofeminist Critique of Age of Empires II’, by Shu Wan. It's live here, ready for your questions in the comments: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=974/

Our second panel for today, Eurocentric Globalism, begins in just 10 minutes at 12pm (UTC+1)! The full program is on our website, where you can also check out all of yesterday’s excellent papers while you wait! #MAMG25 middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement...

Thank you to all our presenters in today’s first panel for #MAMG25, Kristina Wittkamp, Benjamin Dorrington Redder, Enrique Torres-Hergueta, and Emilienne Parchliniak! 👏👏We have a break now, then we’ll be back for our second session for today, Eurocentric Globalism, at 12pm (UTC+1)!

The fourth and final paper for the Global Perspectives panel is ‘Gnosticism in the Medievalist Game Genshin Impact’ by Emilienne Parchliniak, is live on our website now! Come check it out and comment your questions: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=722 #MAMG25

Third paper of this panel, ‘Chivalric Quests and Nostalgic Aesthetics: Final Fantasy IX as Global Medieval British Romance’, by Enrique Torres-Hergueta, is now live on our website! Check it out and ask your questions in the comments at: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=712/ #MAMG25

Second paper of our Global Perspectives panel is now live, ‘William Adams: A Monogatari Samurai Hero - Fictionalisations of Japanese History in Rekishi-Monogatari Games’ by Benjamin Dorrington Redder. Find it here, and ask your questions in the comments: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=698/ #MAMG25

Our Global Perspectives panel is starting now with the first paper of the day, ‘Prosuming Regional Medievalisms – depictions, perceptions and imaginations of Rus’ in Russian-language computer games’ by Kristina Wittkamp. Live on our website now: middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg25/prosu... #MAMG25