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Tune in today at 19:30 as we venture into the holy and the sacred in #CK3. Once again, @apolitopoulos.bsky.social and @times-new-roman.bsky.social are playing the new DLC By God Alone, and we're going to find out what popely shenenigans we can get up to. www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...

God alone has blessed us with another stream! @times-new-roman.bsky.social and @apolitopoulos.bsky.social will put their Popely shoes on and decide what is and is not sin with the new Crusader Kings 3 DLC! Join us today, 19:30CEST always on www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...

It's been a while, but this evening @apolitopoulos.bsky.social and @times-new-roman.bsky.social are back for a new stream! Join us at 19:30 as we declutter hallways filled with artefacts and see if we are able to put a dinosaur skeleton together in Tidy Up the Museum! www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...

We're inviting everyone to contribute a story or memory to our final community-written chapter around TIPC4's theme the Fellowship of the Past and Play! In the questionnaire, you will find questions to spark your memories and share a short reply/story. leidenuniv.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🚨VALUE is looking for an intern!🚨 Are you hyped about historical games? Do you want to work at a knowledge-driven organization? Interested in running events, creating content, and undertaking a project that is all yours? Find out more and apply before October 16th interactivepasts.com/internships/

A sneaky summer stream? Why not? Doc Random and the Professor at Play have pirated our channel to play Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced! Join us soon at twitch.tv/streamingthe...

Some big announcements dropped within the gaming community over the past couple of weeks. And I'm here to give you all the latest information on #Ubisoft, #Stratego, and #Fable! interactivepasts.com/bulletin-new... #GamingNews #Archaeogaming

We can't seem to get enough of The Hero's Journey, as the old classic gets retold and reimagined time and again. Come join us to find out how Celtic storytelling and Campbell's Monomyth influenced fantasy game #BaldursGate3! interactivepasts.com/the-heros-jo... #Archaeogaming #HistoricalGames

We’ve got some exciting news in this week’s bulletin, and we’re hoping you’ll hop over to our website to read it 😉! Join us on interactivepasts.com/bulletin-new... #GamingNews #HistoricalGames #Archaeogaming #Rakshasa #CrimsonDesert #SnippetsOfThePast

Assassin's Creed's 'Wrath of the Druids' might (unconsciously) contain a problematic stereotype. And here's why: interactivepasts.com/noble-savage... #AssassinsCreed #WrathoftheDruids #Archaeogaming #GamingHistory

As the end of the year gets closer and closer, we over here at Interactive Pasts are ready to give you the final news update of the year. Join us to discover some of the amazing games that are dropping in 2026! interactivepasts.com/bulletin-new... #GamingNews #Archaeogaming

This blog (literally) rocks! 🪨 Crack on over to our website to read all about how the Life Sim #Kynseed uses historic Celtic landmarks to ground their game! interactivepasts.com/leaving-trac... #Archaeogaming

The latest historical #GamingNews is here! Will you help the Warrior of Faith restore the balance between worlds or help the prehistoric Exile master the land? Read our bulletin to find out more. interactivepasts.com/bulletin-new... #ArchaeoGaming #RajiKaliyuga #SeasonsofSolitude

Adventurers assemble! We are stepping into Middle-earth once again, but this time the orcs are in our way. Pick up your weapons and fight to figure out the truth behind the villains of #ShadowofMordor! interactivepasts.com/shadows-of-t... #Orcs #Tolkien #HistoricalGames #ArchaeoGaming

The new open-world ARPG, Where Winds Meet, is taking over everybody's 'For You Page' by storm! Check out our latest bulletin to read all about this game, plus more exciting news, like the newly released Bloodgrounds. interactivepasts.com/bulletin-new... #WhereWindsMeet #Bloodgrounds #GamingNews

And we are live! Want to see some interesting and occult trinkets? Experience some mystery? See some expert-level labelling in real-time? All that and much more over on www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...

And we are live! Join our party of expert-looters through another co-op stream of #bg3! As always on www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...

One does not simply walk into Mordor..... But you can simply hop on over to our website to read the latest blog post about Middle-earth's music in the 2003 The Hobbit game! interactivepasts.com/one-soundtra... #TheHobbit #GameSoundtracks #Middleearth

And we are live! Come an join us for shenanigans! www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...

Tonight at 20:00, join @times-new-roman.bsky.social, @barborabachanova.bsky.social, and Sophie for another co-op #BG3 stream! Absolutely everything shall be looted, awkward conversations will be had, and shenanigans ought to take place. As always on: www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...

Get ready to delve into some new games and DLCs, like the recently released Europa Universalis V, in our newest bulletin! interactivepasts.com/bulletin-new... #ProjectTAL #Fallout #EuropaUniversalisV #CivilizationVII #GamingNews

Short reminder that we have an #Archaeogaming session at the next #CAA2026 in Vienna! Please join us with a paper, the submission deadline is this Sunday! For more info have a look here: itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/09/26/b... #conference #gaming #archaeology

If you are planning to attend CAA in Vienna and you have an #archaeogaming paper to present consider submitting in our #archaeogaming session! Deadline has been extended to November 9 so there are a few more days left!

We are live with some Europa Universalis V over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast! Join us!

🚨Research alert! 🚨The incredible @copperkeerthi.bsky.social is looking for people playing videogames about the past to help with their research! If you are such a gamer, please go fill in the survey!

Tomorrow @apolitopoulos.bsky.social and @docrandom.bsky.social are back behind the streaming wheel with Europa Universalis V! Aris' brain will break, Angus will crunch, and history will be (re)played! Join us around 15:00 CET always on www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast

Everyone knows the Bogeyman, but are you familiar with the Nordic and Celtic monsters that might roam the streets this Halloween? Check out our latest blog post to make sure you're ready for a frightful night! interactivepasts.com/the-tragedy-... #BrambleTheMountainKing #Halloween

This week's bulletin is especially bloody, so get ready to sink your teeth into the biggest historical gaming news of the week! interactivepasts.com/bulletin-new... #TotalWarWarhammer3 #GhostofYotei #ACValleyofMemory #VampiretheMasqueradeBloodlines2 #GamingNews #History

Last time Gale burned to a crisp, but we're sure this time nothing like that could possibly happen! We're live right now over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...

Do you see yourself as a Nancy Drew, a Sherlock Holmes, or a Hercule Poirot? Why not check out our latest blogpost and solve the case of #RhiannonCurseoftheFourBranches? interactivepasts.com/a-murder-of-... #MurderMystery #Mythology #Wales

Recently, we've streamed #GhostofYotei together with dr Pennington. We had initial thoughts and decided to write those into a blogpost! (We also added absolutely beautiful screenshots made in photomode to the blog, in case our thoughts alone don't cut it). interactivepasts.com/hamburger-sa...

Our ##TIPC4 is done, friends and colleagues are returning home and we couldn't be more grateful for all the conversations, games, and fun we had! Here is to #TIPC5! And our little secret for timekeeping this year which you didn't see on stream, swords!

And last, but certainly not least, Ian Regueiro-Salcedo and Xavier Rubio-Campillo talking about alternative pasts in videogames!

Penultimate presentation by Maki Wardle on Alternate reality games and London's archaeology!

Last session is under way! We begin with @copperkeerthi.bsky.social discussing Hamlet in the Hypertext!

Last speaker before the last break is @rbrandis.eu talking about specters of the past and the practice of historiography in Kentucky Route Zero!

Fiona Schönberg presenting on the perpetuation of WWII myths through game design! Join us over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast

We are ready for the penultimate session of #TIPC4! @times-new-roman.bsky.social is presenting her research on the mechanics of vikings in games!

Back from lunch and ready to play some archaeology with our panel featuring the inimitable @clmorgan.bsky.social @archaeobruja.bsky.social and @waltros.bsky.social

We are on a lunch break, but here is a behind the scenes photo of how our stream looks!

And for the last talk before our lunch break, Filip van Dijk presenting his research on intertextuality!

Simon Hagemann coming up to present about meaningful historicized Gameworld interfaces in historical video games!

Second session of the day begins with Jakub Sindelár talking about the polyvalence of historical empathy!

One, two, three, four, Robot War! @herrprofdr.bsky.social and Katie Bittner bring retroarchaeology to #TIPC4!

Bettina Bódi brings coziness at #TIPC4 talking about virtual roads and real ecologies!

First up our own @docrandom.bsky.social, Csilla Ariese, and @apolitopoulos.bsky.social talk about their Past❤️Play project!

Good morning everyone! In 10' the 2nd day of #TIPC4 will begin! Tune in over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast to join the action!

What would be a gaming conference without games? For those present at #TIPC4, they get to try out 10 amazing games in our game exhibit!

Since we had some technical difficulties at the end, here is the conference waving hello to @erikmc.bsky.social and goodbye to all of you for today! See you all tomorrow morning at 10:00CEST over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast

And last but certainly not least is Oscar Poulsen talking about developing a digital field school in Minecraft Education!