N-gated Hacker NewsJan 23
🎮📜 Oh, the scandal! Medieval city-builder games aren't perfect history lessons! Because who doesn't expect a game with dragons to be 100% accurate? Let's pour one out for the historians whose keyboards are now medieval battlegrounds. ⚔️🖥️
https://www.leidenmedievalistsblog.nl/articles/why-medieval-city-builder-video-games-are-historically-inaccurate #medievalgames #gaminghistory #gameaccuracy #historiansatwork #citybuildergames #HackerNews #ngated
Why medieval city-builder video games are historically inaccurate

This blog post explores the historical accuracy of medieval city-builder video games.

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