At the 2018 Society for American Archaeology meetings in Washington, D.C. in April, APN founder Chris Webster sat down with archaeogaming enthusiast Adam Spring to talk about Pokémon Go and whether it helped destroy historical and archaeological sites as was predicted in the summer of 2016 when it was released. They also talk about other augmented reality games and their potential impact on history and historical sites.
Raiford Guins & The History of Games - Episode 8
Raiford Guins (Indiana University) joins Andrew Reinhard for a discussion on the history of video games.
Links:
- Raiford Guins website
- Raiford Guins (2014) Game After: A Cultural Study of Video Game Afterlife
- Raiford Guins (2016) Debugging Game History: A Critical Lexicon
Contact:
Meghan Dennis
Twitter: @GingeryGamer
www.gingerygamer.com
https://www.twitch.tv/gingerygamer
Tara Copplestone
Twitter: @gamingarchaeo
http://www.taracopplestone.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoLdj7til1QUMRX2eIIJNMA
Andrew Reinhard
Twitter: @adreinhard
www.archaeogaming.com
Official Hashtag #archaeogaming
Representation, Hoyuk, and Procedural Generation - Episode 7
The Archaeogamers are back!
The hosts discuss representation of archaeology in games; review the Hoyuk board game; and explain and discuss "procedural generation" and how it relates to archaeogaming and the user experience.
LINKS:
CONTACT:
Meghan Dennis
Twitter: @GingeryGamer
www.gingerygamer.com
https://www.twitch.tv/gingerygamer
Tara Copplestone
Twitter: @gamingarchaeo
http://www.taracopplestone.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoLdj7til1QUMRX2eIIJNMA
Andrew Reinhard
Twitter: @adreinhard
www.archaeogaming.com
Official Hashtag #archaeogaming
Making a Game Out of It: Gamification and Ethical Issues - Episode 6
On today's episode, the recent release of GlobalXplorer, a project to combat looting and archaeological site destruction, prompts a discussion on the ethics of gamification for archaeological researchers. The panel talks about ethics as they apply in digital archaeology and the archaeology of video-games.
LINKS:
Crowdsourced Archaeology and Heritage Projects:
Contacts
- Andrew Reinhard
- Meghan Dennis
- Tara Copplestone
- Official Hashtag #archaeogaming
Video Games as Archaeological Sites - Episode 5
On today's episode Andrew Reinhard talks about video games and archaeology. Can video games be archaeological sites?