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Archaeology and Gaming Archaeology Pod Network
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Archaeology and Gaming covers not only the study of archaeology in video games but also the study of games as material culture. Some of our hosts you already may know, Andrew Reinhard – who featured in the documentary ATARI: Game Over, Tara Coppelstone – who studies how games are made through an archaeological lens, and Meghan Dennis – a PhD candidate at University of York who is studying ethics in videogames, plus many more interesting and insightful players in the archaeogaming world are ready to load. The show is hosted by Sara Head of Archyfantasies and Tristan Boyle, content creator on the Archaeology Podcast Network and is produced by Sara, Tristan, and Chris Webster.
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Augmented Reality Games and Archaeology - Episode 9
At the 2018 Society for American Archaeology meetings in Washington, D.C. in April, APN founder Chris Webster sat down with archaeogamingenthusiast 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.
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Raiford Guins & The History of Games - Episode 8
Raiford Guins (Indiana University) joins Andrew Reinhard for a discussion on the history of video games.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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Communicating ArchaeoGaming in a 2D System - Episode 4
The panel discusses new and inventive ways to communicate their work in ArchaeoGaming. What's the best way to present data about gaming? Maybe write your own game? Create a video? Podcast about it? And is Academia ready for a shift away from traditional ink and paper forms of presentation and how can we help it along?
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