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SUMMARY:Wolfson (Ancient) Warfare Wednesdays — Greek Warfare and Video G
 ames - Dr Joshua R. Hall (Linn-Benton Community College\, Albany\, OR)
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CONTACT:Julian Siebert
DESCRIPTION:Video games have become one of the most popular pastimes\, esp
 ecially amongst children and young adults. Within this genre\, history has
  become an important setting for games of all types. Strategy games have b
 ecome an incredibly popular type\, with franchises such as Total War and C
 ivilization being remade through many iterations with ever-growing player 
 bases. Greek warfare\, in one way or another\, is often present in these. 
 But\, what do game designers present as ‘Greek warfare’? How do they p
 ortray it and what governs their choices? These are difficult questions to
  answer\, but in his talk Josh will provide a broad overview of their poss
 ible answers. To do this\, he will look at the presence of ‘Greek warfar
 e’ in games at two levels: battlefield and cultural.\n\nThe first of the
 se will be an examination of the military units associated with the Greeks
  and their use in the combat system of the games. Predictably\, the hoplit
 e is the most commonly associated unit for Greek civilizations in video ga
 mes. But\, their use and usefulness varies. The second level of discussion
  will look at how Greek cultural responses to warfare are represented in v
 ideo games. Contrasting representations abound\, such as Gorgo’s militar
 istic Sparta juxtaposed with Pericles’ intellectual Athens in Civilizati
 on VI require careful dissection. Battlefield and cultural representations
  of ‘Greek warfare’ in video games\, as Josh will conclude\, on the on
 e hand follow popular representations (such as 300)\, but on the other are
  at least loosely influenced by accounts of ancient historians.\n\n\nRegis
 ter "here":https://wolfson-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/921591171700
 3/WN_4jPWEfOYSBKW76pt91BLmw
LOCATION:Zoom webinar
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