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Rozrachunek z przeszłością historyczną Francji na przykładzie gier Lankhoru
Settling the French Historical Past: The Example of Lankhor Games

Author(s): Filip Jankowski
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Sociology, Special Historiographies:
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: colonialism; Vichy State; French digital games; digital game analysis; video games

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to illustrate how the historical past of France could be revised in digital games. Two Lankhor games (Le Manoir de Mortevielle and Maupiti Island) were used for research purposes, analyzed using the social-semiotic analytical model of Óliver Pérez-Latorre, Mercè Oliva and Reinald Besalú. The results of the research allow us to find in both games references to French collaboration with Germans within the Vichy (Mortevielle), as well as to genocidal colonial practices against the so-called natives (Maupiti Island).

  • Issue Year: 6/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 27-36
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish