Hello, everyone! I’m excited to announce I’ll be a presenter at this year’s Hitpoints + History archeogaming conference! My presentation is called How the Underworld Helps the Gaming World: How the Eschatological Beliefs of the Ancient Greeks Can Help Developers With Worldbuilding. If you love games like Hades, God of War, & Age of Mythology, be sure to tune in Sunday March 10th at 1:15 PST! (You can get tickets at hitpointscon.com)
If you know me, you know that I love ancient history, particularly anything to do with Greece and Persia. I especially find Persian kings like Cyrus and Darius the Great to be fascinating. I mean, what is like to be the wealthiest, most powerful ruler in the ancient world??? Well, we don’t really know. With a few exceptions like the Behistun Inscription and the Persepolis Fortification Tablets, the Persians of the Achaemenid Empire wrote very…
I have always loved Ancient Greece. When I was little, I was obsessed with Greek mythology. (I still am.) When I went to college, I was forced to take Greek Seminar and it turned about to be my favorite course. (Shout out to Professor Alex Green!) And in 2005, The Battle of Salamis by Berry Strauss made me fall in love with all things Themistocles. (I’m still working on my historical fiction novel. I swear!)…
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