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Fantastic video! Loved how you broke everything down. For Honor May not be historical accurate…at all! But the stuff that is is so dang cool. Like how Warden’s Execution “End Them Rightly” is based off a real way of finishing your enemy in real knight training. Stuff like that is super cool to see! Plus, it’s actually a solid fighting game. If I could recommend a game, Battlefield 1’s War Stories are some of my favorites.

Love this stuff. You definitely deserve more attention

I’d definitely recommend checking out Raven Knight’s Heroes in History series where he tries to delve deep into the history and inspiration of every single For Honor character.

I feel like you almost had to grab footage from very early For Honor to to avoid talking about the ludicrous historical state the game is currently in after introducing: A Chinese empire, a Cantonese speaking pirate, an Egyptian Medjay, an Aztec warrior, and an Arabian warrior on top of the Knights, Viking, and Samurai.

Very interesting! I love ark and can't wait for more games to appear on this series! A quick tip though, while you're explaining the topics, try to mention how each historical event is related to the game's historical event, rather than explaining the game and historical subject separately, then discussing how they're related. This can help remind the viewer of the correlation and can make the video easier to understand. Great video though!

This was a really great video; more people should see this!

Years ago I was flipping through some random book in my university’s library on this topic and I was fascinated but never was able to find the book again. I always wanted to delve into it but never had the chance/time and so it gradually faded away. Now, searching around for something else I’ve stumbled back into the Revolution in Military Affairs - what a wonderful coincidence. I really enjoyed this video and look forward to watching more from you. I’m wondering, do you have any recommended reading on the topic? I would love to find out more. Keep up the great work

I take both the ambiguity and agency stance together. The game seems to try to appeal to both political audiences and in the end didn't appeal to anyone's satisfaction, which is pretty ambiguous itself. You can this with Elizabeth who goes from being enthusiastic about Columbia once she left the tower to becoming critical once the rose colored glasses comes off, and goes from being pro-Vox Populi to indifferent once she saw how violent they're. In terms of the agency stance, I would like to add on to that stance with the small choices in this game (e.g. Picking between Songbird or the Cell for Elizabeth's necklace; Sparing or killing the solider Dewitt knew, etc.) which didn't have any major impact to the story. In the previous games, the player's choices would determine the ending of each game's story. Here, Bioshock Infinite manipulates the player into thinking their choices would also matter in this game given their previous experience in the first two. Regardless of player's choices, the ending is already predetermined. The title "Infinite" is even more ironic since it suggests to the player that something is limitless on the surface, when it really means 'Infinite' timelines but with a predetermined outcome. If the whole agency stance and game's ending didn't exist, then I think you could say it's simply a social commentary. But with it, the social commentary argument is weaker imo. With those two stances in mind (ambiguity, agency), the game suggests to me that neither Columbia nor the Vox Populi fractions have anything of value to stand behind and that no matter what the player does everything, nothing can change the outcome of the conflicts and the ending of the game. To me it suggests some of nihilistic stance. Also, cool to see a fellow historian. I got my B.A. in History. One game I recommend doing is one on Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords. It's a really deep and philosophical game.

Amazing video

Poor leveling raptors.

keep up the good work bro 🎉

amazing video!

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My brain: dinosaurs ≠ history 😮

Bioshock Infinite does a worse job of exploring American race issues than a single Audio Log in Bioshock 2 Minerva's Den does.

New show new show new show new show. How often do games contain mixes of contradictory messages and/or philosophies in order to expand market share?

L1H: "Some historians argue that this is EXACTLY how gangs operated in the 1960s." Saints Row: *a green and purple arcane grenade launcher obliterates a foe in a dazzling plume of smoke and sparkles* 😂

Its only political because of hitler

I enjoy the voices and sound effect in this one

"Quased quite"

You talk a lot about games that seem like they might not have historical elements but actually do. Are there any significant examples of games that seem historical but are actually misrepresenting or obfuscating historical elements?

It would be nice to analize all the MGS saga from this point of view. It can be seen through the progress of the games how much does the development of military technology changes the military affairs.

The dudes who wrote all those magic investigations were probably the biggest freaks and perverts.

"Demons are trying to kill me, find them and eliminate them, they look like monsters and not popes" is exactly what a demon pope would say.

I really enjoyed this video

Is this II? Were there ships in II? Is this not Black Flag? I have sound off currently. Now I see other articles popping up. 😂

I have not played a single MGS game. To this day I confuse Solid Snake with Snake Pliskin. I hate sneaking.

What do you think? Do you buy my argument that Wolfenstein is connected to historical methodology? More importantly, do you think that alternate histories are useful for thinking about our past, or do you think they should be treated purely as works of fiction? I want this series to be a conversation, so please leave comments on any game-related histories or suggestions for future videos, and I will response to all of your comments in my upcoming videos.

Thank you for this video! I stumbled across it trying to find some information regarding Ancient Greek mythology and Zelda titles. Your last point was fascinating! It's incredible how long humans have held onto this imagery. I would love to see more Zelda videos delving into art history, especially exploring topics like these that go beyond the usual "Zelda is medieval fantasy" videos. Also I would love to see more actual art/sculptures instead of AI art, even though they're fun to imagine. Thanks!!

WHAT DID THE COURT SAY??