Seeing and Playing the Middle Ages: Problems and Limitations in the Virtual and Video-play Reconstruction of the Medieval Past

Abstract

The objective of this article is to study the way in which the medieval past is represented in video games. To do this, it will study three elements: the type of source selected, the playful design and the visuality of the works, along with a large number of examples that illustrate each of the types and subtypes elaborated with the intention of determining how the past is deformed in order to adapt it to a specific form and what potential consequences, favorable or harmful, this deformation can generate for the knowledge and social impact of the past.