EPISODE · Nov 27, 2018 · 57H 8M
Episode 17: It’s beginning to look a lot like Saturnalia!
from Not Just A Game · host Catherine Flick and Tyr Fothergill
In this episode we talk holidays! Why do we have certain holidays in games, and not others? Why is Christmas in games not quite Christmas, but a weird pagan version of Christmas? Is it only because game devs want to annoy right wing American Christians? Where do all these in-game traditions come from anyway? (It’s probably … Continue reading "Episode 17: It’s beginning to look a lot like Saturnalia!"
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In this episode we talk holidays! Why do we have certain holidays in games, and not others? Why is Christmas in games not quite Christmas, but a weird pagan version of Christmas? Is it only because game devs want to annoy right wing American Christians? Where do all these in-game traditions come from anyway? (It’s probably Saturnalia .) What about ad-hoc celebrations? Ugh, so much about holidays I almost can’t wait for the next lot of turkey I get to eat! Maybe with some traditional Halloween turnips . Battlefield 1 tweet by Jan David Hassel Tyria Pride Like our stuff? Please help us pay for our editor at our Patreon – just $1/episode really helps offset costs!
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