The 75th Anniversary of Japan officially aboard the battleship USS Missouri on September 2 in the government of the United States in 1945 comes at a time when demand, recalls how he feels more than ever necessary war. Veterans’ stories, books, movies and TV shows always have memories of life in war for the last 75 years, but as they are telling stories, when there are fewer people around, which defines this era through years of living? Recently, some people have turned to the younger generations to a perhaps surprising source for the stories of World War II: video games. Games have become more realistic, not only technological advances in terms, but also in terms of real people and get at least in terms of successful games like Medal of Honor and Call of Duty, entrance on military history of real experts. For example, the next virtual reality game Medal of Honor: be interviewed veterans to inform beyond shorts and documentary producers on their war experiences the sentence, which includes missions in Europe and Tunisia. Within their headphones, a combat engineer for spying are recruited by the Office of Strategic Services on foot players in the boots, which was a real US intelligence during World War II and a precursor of the CIA. Thursday ‘, the Gamescom convention reveal Virtual Respawn Entertainment has released a new trailer for the game, which will be released this holiday season. One of the most popular video game franchise of WWII, Medal of Honor began with the educational aspirations. When Peter Hirschmann, who worked on the original game of 1999 and director of the game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, recalled The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year, has made the director Saving Private Ryan Steven Spielberg that his R-rated movies were not for the children, but the desire was expressed that in the history of the war among the youngest to arouse interest in popular culture available viewers. “He then had the foresight that one of the dominant forms of entertainment to see the games were emerging, the one who created, ‘I want to make a game of World War II, and to ensure that children play to let them know these stories,’ “Hirschmann said. “He was very specific about it goes beyond the desire to give Medal of Honor, because the prize is also the call of duty.” So far, since the US is one of the largest video game markets in the world, dominated the US point of view on the war in video games; the case with the films of World War II, most are found in Western Europe as it is. To repeat, in fact, in 2013, blasted Russian player Company of Heroes 2 for American stereotypes of the eastern front. Ultimately, it may arouse the interest of the games more to learn history, says Bob Whitaker, professor of history at Collin College and host of the podcast revived history in which historians speak Topic History of video games. His passion for this problem is to play Civilization II in the mid-1990s back that (a player Tweak made) inspired to create a pilot in World War II is an experience “mod” re-create the grandfather flew over Himalaya missions. It was not the only one. “Recently, with the end of the centenary of the First World War, I can not tell you how many conversations I’ve had with students and other scholars, such as games like Battlefield played 1 Valiant Hearts: The Great War, the First World War represented” says. “in the future will have the same kind of conversations about the second battle World war out.” in the next 75 years, he wants more historians have seen the value of games like Spielberg. “i see the games as in a similar position are the motion pictures, at the beginning of the 20th century are much more games taken seriously in the 21st century. which may have a much more historical weight. “Whitaker says” games are just some of the ways in which the past to remember the future historians want to know a hand with the players more to offer “Get your fix history in one place .. sign up for the newsletter Daily Weekly story Time public below Whitaker takes five other titles that most rano like games, the history of World War II say: Through the Darkest of Times (2019) “through the darkest times, developed by [Berlin-based] Paint Bucket games, live the game as German resistance group in Berlin During the Second World War. The White Rose was a group of German students who sought to oppose the Nazi regime. Students were performed, and the game is trying to tell this story to some extent. The games are usually about empowerment player, live power off fantasy. Their missions do not include the frequent violence, but the weapons of the weak: Sabotage, leaflets and graffiti spread. The game puts the player in a story most people do not know when the game mechanics for the player to show how hard the resistance against the Nazis, often for the ordinary people. “Murder 1942 (2017)” at Prague’s Charles University has developed it’s the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, with the survivors. It wants to finish only about two or three hours, which makes it kind of fun, inexpensive game you could play in an afternoon. A number of historians helped develop the game, so is distinguished for his loyalty to the conflict with the story. . It addictive gameplay combined with the authentic history “Call of Duty: World War II (2017)” Most of the games of World War II not to mention the great tragedies or anything related to the Holocaust. While Call of Duty: World War II does fall into clichés and traps with World Games War, where to a lot of rhetoric, when it comes to set pieces of success, at the same time, Activision developers do something very bold which brings up the Holocaust in a big AAA video titles. It culminates in a mission to collect a concentration camp is to free. There is no violence. It will be solemnly through the remnants of the concentration camp “Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)”. Wolfenstein: The New Order is a pulpy, Sci-Fi Grindhouse version of World War II, set in the early 1960s, when the Nazis won the war. The reader, B. J. ‘Blazkowicz, goes into a prison camp, and in the course of the mission, you will see the Jews, the blacks, the other hostile groups are treated badly in these fields. You see, gas chambers, crematoria, the bodies are burned. We move at a time when the survivors of the Holocaust are passing away, and you’ve got left on secondary sources. As we continue to escape the Second World War, it is really important to remind the players of the crimes committed by the Nazis. “Hearts of Iron IV (2016)” The heart of attempts to iron IV as accurately as possible the initial conditions for various world powers by the end of 1930, making it possible for one story replicate replicate or some sort of unreal track scenario which groped changes the outcome of the war. People use it to create more historical and realistic scenarios, but it is also controversial because it is popular with groups, modders, the counterfactual indulging in racist and ethno-nationalist histories. The basic game is solid, but some of the players created content can be very annoying. The games are not like a book or a movie. As the audience, you are getting not only the game. You can add to the game and manipulate them. “ Picture copyright by Getty Images
Video games can be the key to keeping alive the memory of World War II. Here are five WWII games worth playing after a Historian
