Learning History with Video Games
An episode of the Distillations | Science History Institute podcast, hosted by Science History Institute, titled "Learning History with Video Games" was published on August 3, 2021 and runs 39 minutes.
August 3, 2021 ·39m · Distillations | Science History Institute
Episode Description
The pandemic made gamers out of many Americans, including our producer, Rigoberto Hernandez. He played a lot of historical video games and it got him thinking: can you learn history from video games even though they are obviously fiction?
Throughout history there have been many moral panics about people consuming historical fiction and taking what they read and watch as fact, so how do video games stack up? It turns out that they can empower players in better ways than TV shows, films, and books.
Credits
Hosts: Alexis Pedrick and Elisabeth Berry Drago
Senior Producer: Mariel Carr
Producer: Rigoberto Hernandez
Audio Engineer: Jonathan Pfeffer
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