Review of Robert Houghton's The Middle Ages in Computer Games: Ludic Approaches to the Medieval and Medievalism (2024)

Authors

Markus Eldegard Mindrebø University of Stavanger https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7049-2787

medieval, medievalism, Video Games, history, Middle Ages, Representation

A review of Robert Houghton’s book The Middle Ages in Computer Games: Ludic Approaches to the Medieval and Medievalism (2024).

Markus Eldegard Mindrebø, University of Stavanger

Markus Eldegard Mindrebø is Associate Professor of History at the University of Stavanger, Norway, where he has worked since 2023. His primary expertise lies in researching and teaching medieval history, and he has worked extensively on Medieval Scandinavia and the Old Norse sagas. Building from a keen interest in video games and modern medievalism, he has simultaneously worked for many years on the representation of history, and the Middle Ages specifically, in video games and contemporary popular culture. He has previously published on the medieval connections of everything from grand strategy games to fantasy role-playing games, and is a member of several research groups involving video games and the medieval.