Review

...proposes a number of intriguing and provocative suggestions, relating to both our theoretical understanding of games and in giving more empirical recommendations for the future of heritage- or simulation-focused gaming experiences, and lays the groundwork for potentially fascinating developments in coming decades." - Mark R. Johnson, University of York

http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue40/9/johnson.html

Led to..

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/07/22/future-of-procedural-generation-1/

In Critical Gaming: Interactive History and Virtual Heritage, a 2015 scholarly work by Erik Champion, a very intriguing point is made about the books in the Elder Scrolls series. In considering the interactive options given to the player, and the detail of the “lore” books the player can encounter, Champion argues that the books in the Elder Scrolls series describe a far richer world than the player is actually able to engage with...

on blogs..

I’ve been reading Eric Champion’s Critical Gaming: Interactive history and virtual heritage. Eric asked his publishers to send me a review copy, but none was forthcoming, and I can’t wait for the library to get hold of a copy – I think I was to quote it in a paper I’m proposing –  so I splashed out on the Kindle edition. I think of it as a late birthday present to myself, and I’m not disappointed..Also in all though, I can already see that the book will be an enjoyable and rewarding read." - Matthew Tyler-Jones, National Heritage Trust (UK/ University of Southampton)

https://memetechnology.org/category/games/skyrim/

on research blogs..

Erik Champion, author of Critical Gaming: Interactive History and Virtual Heritage gave the first guest lecture for the 3DH project. Erik was originally an architect who now works in interactive history and digital culture. He has led a number of projects that adapt game engines for cultural heritage. He gave us a great tour of various 3D examples to encourage us to think of games and virtual spaces as visualization.

Professor Geoffrey Rockwell, 3DH, http://threedh.net/erik-champion-visualization-and-games/

on websites..

Erik Champion’s WordPress site https://erikchampion.wordpress.com/ displays the form of a true digital humanist. Champion is the current professor of Cultural Visualization at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. His forthcoming work, Critical Gaming: Interactive History And Virtual Heritage focuses on game play and the digital humanities, as well as the intriguing idea of ‘critical play.’ ...Champion is major player in the European digital humanities field with an impressive list of work in the data visulization and digital culture areas. The work in screen warping and biofeedback are worth the visit.

https://inspire-lab.net/category/public-humanities/

Inside keynotes..

In academic papers

Adam Chapman, Anna Foka & Jonathan Westin (2016): Introduction: what is historical game studies?, Rethinking History:The Journal of Theory and Practice, DOI:

10.1080/13642529.2016.1256638

..historical games studies can be defined as ‘the study of those games that in some way represent the past or relate to dis-courses about it’ (Chapman 2016, 16) ... other research

concerns are only hinted at by this definition .. the use of games in historical conflict simulation (Sabin 2007, 2012), history education (Kee 2014; McCall 2011) and heritage (Champion 2015; Mortara et al. 2014 ). As such, the field might demand an expanded definition going forwards.

Chapters etc in press..

• Champion, E. (2017: in press). “The Role of 3D Models in Virtual Heritage Infrastructures” in Benardou, A., Champion, E, Dallas, C., and Hughes, L. (Eds.). (2017). Cultural Heritage Digital Tools and Infrastructures. Routledge, UK. https://www.routledge.com/products/9781472447128. ISBN 9781472447128.

• Champion, E. (2017: pending). 3D models and cultural heritage. Open access book chapter with Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung. Chapter due 13 January 2017.\

• Champion, E. (2017: accepted). “A Schematic Division of Game-Learning Strategies Relevant to Digital Archaeology and Digital Cultural Heritage” in Jimenez, D. (Eds.). (2017). Title to be confirmed, redTDPC, Mexico.

• Champion, E. (2017: accepted). Single White Looter: Have Whip, Will Travel. For an edited volume by Value, Leiden University, The Interactive Past. Chapter due 15.12.2016.

• Miller, K., Champion, E., Clarke, M., Summers, L., Lumayr, A. (2017, accepted). “Community‐Building with a Makerspace in an Academic Library” for Robin Kear and Kate Joranson, (Ed). Digital Humanities, Libraries, and Partnerships. Chandos Press, Elsevier.

Articles etc

• Champion, E. (2017: in press). Bringing Your A-Game to Digital Archaeology: Issues with Serious Games and Virtual Heritage and What We Can Do About It. SAA Archaeological Record: Forum on Digital Games & Archaeology (special issue). Expected January issue.
• Champion, E. (2016: in press). Ludic Challenges for New Heritage and Cultural Tourism. International Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry, (special issue, selection of VAMCT2015 conference papers). URL: www.maajournal.com Vol.16, No.5.
• Champion, E. (2017: accepted). “Mechanics, Mods and Mashups: Games of the Past for the Future Designed by Archaeologists”. Other session, Computer Applications and Quantitive Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 14-16 March, 2017. Also paper on PublicVR. URL: http://caaconference.org/
• Champion, E. (2016). Heritage and Social Media: Understanding heritage in a participatory culture [Book Review]. Heritage & Society, 8(2). In press.

CAA2017 track/paper