Ancient Egypt in Video Games

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-11-153402-2
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 500 g

Reihe: Video Games and the Humanities

This volume is the first to focus on the presentation of Ancient Egypt in video games. The contributions examine diverse topics concerning how Egyptian history, culture, monuments, and the land itself are portrayed across a diverse range of game genres. Over forty years of video games are analysed, including those from well-known franchises (; ), as well as those from independent developers. The games studied employ Ancient Egypt in different ways, as the main historical setting of the game, as the inspiration for the game’s world, or as a point of reference for specific aspects of the game. Contributions by game designers from Oneiric Studios also reveal the motivations for using Egypt as the source for their game design and narrative (). The number of games discussed in this volume and their diversity demonstrates the important role that games play in shaping the popular imagination of Ancient Egypt.

Zielgruppe

Egyptologists, reception studies scholars, games studies scholars

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cromwell, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtswissenschaft: Theorie und Methoden

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Cromwell, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, Vereinigtes Königreich.

Jennifer Cromwell, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom.