Get ready to delve into some new games and DLCs, like the recently released Europa Universalis V, in our newest bulletin! interactivepasts.com/bulletin-new... #ProjectTAL #Fallout #EuropaUniversalisV #CivilizationVII #GamingNews

Short reminder that we have an #Archaeogaming session at the next #CAA2026 in Vienna! Please join us with a paper, the submission deadline is this Sunday! For more info have a look here: itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/09/26/b... #conference #gaming #archaeology

If you are planning to attend CAA in Vienna and you have an #archaeogaming paper to present consider submitting in our #archaeogaming session! Deadline has been extended to November 9 so there are a few more days left!

We are live with some Europa Universalis V over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast! Join us!

🚨Research alert! 🚨The incredible @copperkeerthi.bsky.social is looking for people playing videogames about the past to help with their research! If you are such a gamer, please go fill in the survey!

Tomorrow @apolitopoulos.bsky.social and @docrandom.bsky.social are back behind the streaming wheel with Europa Universalis V! Aris' brain will break, Angus will crunch, and history will be (re)played! Join us around 15:00 CET always on www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast

Everyone knows the Bogeyman, but are you familiar with the Nordic and Celtic monsters that might roam the streets this Halloween? Check out our latest blog post to make sure you're ready for a frightful night! interactivepasts.com/the-tragedy-... #BrambleTheMountainKing #Halloween

This week's bulletin is especially bloody, so get ready to sink your teeth into the biggest historical gaming news of the week! interactivepasts.com/bulletin-new... #TotalWarWarhammer3 #GhostofYotei #ACValleyofMemory #VampiretheMasqueradeBloodlines2 #GamingNews #History

Last time Gale burned to a crisp, but we're sure this time nothing like that could possibly happen! We're live right now over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...

Do you see yourself as a Nancy Drew, a Sherlock Holmes, or a Hercule Poirot? Why not check out our latest blogpost and solve the case of #RhiannonCurseoftheFourBranches? interactivepasts.com/a-murder-of-... #MurderMystery #Mythology #Wales

Recently, we've streamed #GhostofYotei together with dr Pennington. We had initial thoughts and decided to write those into a blogpost! (We also added absolutely beautiful screenshots made in photomode to the blog, in case our thoughts alone don't cut it). interactivepasts.com/hamburger-sa...

Our ##TIPC4 is done, friends and colleagues are returning home and we couldn't be more grateful for all the conversations, games, and fun we had! Here is to #TIPC5! And our little secret for timekeeping this year which you didn't see on stream, swords!

And last, but certainly not least, Ian Regueiro-Salcedo and Xavier Rubio-Campillo talking about alternative pasts in videogames!

Penultimate presentation by Maki Wardle on Alternate reality games and London's archaeology!

Last session is under way! We begin with @copperkeerthi.bsky.social discussing Hamlet in the Hypertext!

Last speaker before the last break is @rbrandis.eu talking about specters of the past and the practice of historiography in Kentucky Route Zero!

Fiona Schönberg presenting on the perpetuation of WWII myths through game design! Join us over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast

We are ready for the penultimate session of #TIPC4! @times-new-roman.bsky.social is presenting her research on the mechanics of vikings in games!

Back from lunch and ready to play some archaeology with our panel featuring the inimitable @clmorgan.bsky.social @archaeobruja.bsky.social and @waltros.bsky.social

We are on a lunch break, but here is a behind the scenes photo of how our stream looks!

And for the last talk before our lunch break, Filip van Dijk presenting his research on intertextuality!

Simon Hagemann coming up to present about meaningful historicized Gameworld interfaces in historical video games!

Second session of the day begins with Jakub Sindelár talking about the polyvalence of historical empathy!

One, two, three, four, Robot War! @herrprofdr.bsky.social and Katie Bittner bring retroarchaeology to #TIPC4!

Bettina Bódi brings coziness at #TIPC4 talking about virtual roads and real ecologies!

First up our own @docrandom.bsky.social, Csilla Ariese, and @apolitopoulos.bsky.social talk about their Past❤️Play project!

Good morning everyone! In 10' the 2nd day of #TIPC4 will begin! Tune in over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast to join the action!

What would be a gaming conference without games? For those present at #TIPC4, they get to try out 10 amazing games in our game exhibit!

Since we had some technical difficulties at the end, here is the conference waving hello to @erikmc.bsky.social and goodbye to all of you for today! See you all tomorrow morning at 10:00CEST over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast

And last but certainly not least is Oscar Poulsen talking about developing a digital field school in Minecraft Education!

And another remote presentation this time on Graffiti games as rock art by Ashwini Gawli!

You may not be seeing @erikmc.bsky.social on this picture but he is still presenting at #TIPC4! And while we miss him very much we are very excited that he gets to present virtually!

Katrine Haydock is wrapping up this session talking about photogrammetry and 3D objects and art!

Next up @waltros.bsky.social talking about ancient board games in contemporary video games!

Ready for session 3 of the first day of #TIPC4 (phew that was a lot of numbers)! @katexe.bsky.social is talking about 'functional' cross-dressing in ancient Rome video games!

We are SO back! Game developer panel for #TIPC4 with Leyla, @wisproy.bsky.social, and @colewehrle.bsky.social to talk about the development of historical video games! Tune in over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast

Final speaker for our morning sessions is Kayleigh MacLeod bringing us full circle back on Scottish heritage and video games!

Coming up, Archaeogaming and Indigenous Representation, by Juan Hiriart! Make sure to tune in over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast

Second session of the day has just started! Louise Bedford will be talking about an archaeologist's journey into game design!

Overview of the Q&A for the first session! (Plus sneak peak for our streaming gear, let us know if you want a detailed post about our streaming set up!)

And to conclude the first session of #TIPC4 @gatdesoia.es will be talking about what industry expertise can do for the digitization of kinetic cultural heritage!

Next up, Andrew Reid to talk about the preservation of Scotland's Heritage through games!

With the room almost full now, Ivan Anderegg is taking us to Africa to talk about African Cultural Heritage in African Video Games!

And we are off with a celebration presentation dedicated to 10 years of VALUE!

Everything is ready for #TIPC4! Make sure to tune in over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast at 09:50 CEST to catch all the action!

Since we are going down memory lane, here is @wisproy.bsky.social from @wispfire.com presenting on Herald at the very first TIPC back in 2016! You can re-watch the talk over at www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4or... and of course see Roy's return to TIPCs on the GameDev panel this Thursday!

Tech set up is there, friends and colleagues have started arriving, and #TIPC4 is a few hours away! Tomorrow with workshops and Thursday and Friday with talks and panels! Makes sure to catch the action starting Thursday over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast

Arrived with @systemerrorkaye.bsky.social in wonderful Leiden for The Interactive Pasts Conference 4 (@valuefnd.bsky.social)! Looking forward to the talks, workshops, and project showcase! 🙌

6 years ago, on this day, we were preparing for #TIPC2, which took place at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum! Today we are preparing for #TIPC4! If you want to remember the awesomeness that was #TIPC2 you can rewatch it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvj1...

And we are live! Want to check out a brand new game? Want to hear some historians and an archaeologist talk about Japan in 1603? Join us and watch us play #GhostOfYotei, as always on www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...