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Playing with taskscapes : representing medieval life through video games technologies (2021)
Book Chapter
Hiriart, J. (2021). Playing with taskscapes : representing medieval life through video games technologies. In K. Alvestad, & R. Houghton (Eds.), The Middle Ages in Modern Culture: History and Authenticity in Contemporary Medievalism (174-185). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350167452.0020

This paper explores the affordances and limitations of video games as a medium for the representation and meaningful understanding of the past, focusing on the early medieval period of British history. This study is led by the ideas exposed by Tim In... Read More about Playing with taskscapes : representing medieval life through video games technologies.

Life was really hard! Designing and using digital games to explore medieval life in primary schools (2021)
Book Chapter
Hiriart, J. (2021). Life was really hard! Designing and using digital games to explore medieval life in primary schools. In C. Ariese, K. Boom, B. van den Hout, A. Mol, & A. Politopoulos (Eds.), Return to the interactive past : archaeology, heritage and videogames (157-171). Leiden: Sidestone Press