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MEDIEVAL-ISM
HUMANITIES
OUTLAWS
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About |
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From the early Atari single-player arcade game Outlaw to more recent videogames such as Activision Blizzard’s multiplayer Overwatch, modern digital outlaws have long been popular characters in gaming culture. These characters often work to resist authoritarianism within their respective gaming worlds, and they frequently evoke much older outlaw representations, such as the Robin Hood of medieval ballads, by embodying popular definitions of justice and communal welfare. |
Call for Papers |
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This special issue of The Bulletin of the International Association for Robin Hood Studies welcomes papers that examine the specific ways in which enduring medieval outlaw tropes in modern games function as model responses to oppression. Particular attention will be given to submissions that focus on broadly defined digital ludic outlaws, though papers concerned with modern tabletop games, live action role-playing games, and immersive theater are welcome. Papers on early modern May games and festivals will also be considered. Possible themes may include (but are not limited to) the following: |
Credits and Sources |
| [1] BIARHS 2020 : The Ludic Outlaw: Medievalism, Games, Sport, and Play, a special issue of The Bulletin of the International Association for Robin Hood Studies |
