Academic Calendar 2023/2024 - The Ancient World in Digital Gaming Culture
CLAS 2707 The Ancient World in Digital Gaming Culture
Prerequisites:
Any 18 cr. completed.Hours:
3 lecture hours per week.Credits:
3Description:
Students explore the representation and simulation of ancient Greek and Roman history and culture in digital games, analyzing the ways in which gaming culture both shapes and is shaped by Classical historical and cultural motifs. Students explore digital gaming culture both by studying and by playing digital games that feature ancient warfare, political life, myth, literature, and city- and Empire-building.