Journal article
Exploring Player Understandings of Historical Accuracy and Historical Authenticity in Video Games
Games and Culture, Vol.17(5), pp.816-835
2022
Abstract
Video games such as the successful Assassin’s Creed series allow consumers to engage with various historical contexts and to explore them in engaging and influential ways. However, it is unclear what consumers understand as the difference between the historical authenticity and historical accuracy used by developers in these games. Therefore, this research explored players of Assassin’s Creed games’ understanding of these two concepts and how they expected developers to utilize them. The study used a qualitative analysis of 959 online forum comments and an online survey with 88 respondents. While it was found that players understood historical accuracy and valued it in video games, historical authenticity prompted confusion with 43% describing it as the same as historical accuracy. The results were used to develop a new player-centric definition of historical authenticity to clarify player understandings and present useful and practical implications for developers and publishers.
Details
- Title
- Exploring Player Understandings of Historical Accuracy and Historical Authenticity in Video Games
- Authors
- Jacqueline Burgess (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative IndustriesChristian M Jones (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Publication details
- Games and Culture, Vol.17(5), pp.816-835
- Publisher
- Sage Publications, Inc.
- DOI
- 10.1177/15554120211061853
- ISSN
- 1555-4139
- Organisation Unit
- Engage Research Lab; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; School of Business and Creative Industries
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99594907702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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