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Middle Ages in Modern Games conference panel tackles nostalgia

Original: Our penultimate # MAMG26 panel has three papers on Nostalgia and presentism. We start with Kristina Wittkamp, discussing

The Middle Ages in Modern Games conference is running a panel on nostalgia and presentism, one of its final sessions. The first paper, presented by Kristina Wittkamp, examines the binary of feminine hearth and masculine warrior identity in video games depicting medieval Rus. The session includes two further papers on how game designers use nostalgic versions of the medieval past for present-day concerns.

Why now: The conference is currently live and attendees are following the panel discussions as they happen.

Middle Ages in Modern GamesKristina Wittkampmedieval Rus

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• Our penultimate # MAMG26 panel has three papers on Nostalgia and presentism. We start with Kristina Wittkamp, discussing the binary of feminine hearth and masculine warrior identity in game reflections of medieval Rus: https:// middleagesinmoderngames.net/ma… · MAMG@zirk.us · 1

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