Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 11 minutes ago
How are the Middle Ages represented in video games? What do games like the Witcher and Kingdom Come get right? What do games like For Honor and Assassin's Creed get wrong? How did Dungeons and Dragons help Medievalism in games along? Are new games like Crimson Desert, Esoteric Ebb, and Pentiment accurate depictions of Medieval life?
A lovely discussion with fellow gaming nerd Dr Rob Houghton on what modern games get right about the Middle Ages.
Get Rob's new book The Middle Ages in Computer Games here:
amazon.com/Middle-Ages-Computer-Games-Medievalism/dp/1843848236
Support Legends and Lectures here: patreon.com/c/newshortstories
How are the Middle Ages represented in video games? What do games like the Witcher and Kingdom Come get right? What do games like For Honor and Assassin's Creed get wrong? How did Dungeons and Dragons help Medievalism in games along? Are new games like Crimson Desert, Esoteric Ebb, and Pentiment accurate depictions of Medieval life?
A lovely discussion with fellow gaming nerd Dr Rob Houghton on what modern games get right about the Middle Ages.
Get Rob's new book The Middle Ages in Computer Games here:
amazon.com/Middle-Ages-Computer-Games-Medievalism/dp/1843848236
Support Legends and Lectures here: patreon.com/c/newshortstories
