On 21 February Jackson Armstrong and William Hepburn gave a talk on ‘Historical Archives & Video Game Development’ in Edinburgh.
This was for the History, Time & Temporality in Music, Sound & Media research cluster, at the Reid School of Music, Edinburgh College of Art. The cluster is running a series this semester on games, coordinated by Dr James Cook.
The presentation explored the approach to history adopted in Strange Sickness, the idea of ‘creative translation’ of historical sources, the different ways a game can be historical, and the lessons learned in making this game. There was a stimulating discussion with the audience questions, in person and online, around the textual, visual and aural layers of games.