‘Homophobes learning history through video games’ is a very satisfying read
We are grateful to someone called @9_volt88 on Twitter for sharing the learning curve of these gamers getting to grips with ancient history via the medium of video games.
Well, it’s one way of doing it.
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And just in case that’s tricky to read, the dialogue in full …
‘Assassins Creed Odyssey lets you be as gay as you want.
‘This takes place in Ancient Greece, right? The Greeks followed religious doctrine, so they would kill somebody for being gay. Therefore, if this series, which prides itself in its historical realism (apart from characters having an impact) is gonna add this, it’s wrong.’
‘LOL YOU THINK ANCIENT GREECE WASN’T GAY’
‘I know Ancient Greece followed Christianity’
‘Don’t see why this has to be implemented.’
‘Because it’s historically correct?’
‘How is choosing the decision of playing a male or female assassin and having sexual relations with both genders in a time that’s probably before the year of 1000 historically correct?’
‘Did you actually Google? Try doing that, apparently homosexuality was very normal in ancient Greece, which is why they decided to implement that aspect and it’s replant in today’s society too so bonus points.’
These responses were pretty good too.
I like that he thinks that homosexuality is a recent invention.
— New Doug (@fiddlecub) June 13, 2018
Where is that on the Civilization tech tree?
— Brendan Sinclair (@BrendanSinclair) June 13, 2018
well, everyone knows the lesbians invented archery.
— Ren’s Knights Activist🏳️🌈 (@erythromancy) June 13, 2018
Also “Ancient Greece followed Christianity”, hmm. I think Zeus would like a word. pic.twitter.com/QVn5KHD8mI
— 💛⚪Claire 💜⚫ (@MamboCat84) June 13, 2018
“A time that’s probably before the year of 1000…” ?
Not only does he know nothing of Ancient Greece, he doesn’t seem to know when Ancient Greece was.
— ♦️ Cheshire ♦️ (@TheSacredJester) June 13, 2018
I think it was roughly around the same time Vlad the Impaler ended the Crimean War by challenging Rameses the Great to single combat.
— Dr. Algernon (@AlgaeX84) June 13, 2018
ah yes, learning history from Age of Empires
— MDK (@mattdkerr) June 13, 2018
Ancient Greece, the civilization that had an island of Lesbians, homoerotic heroes, had deities that engaged in homosexuality, and existed 1000 years before Christianity, totally had Christian-esque “religious doctrine” that would have forbade homosexuality
— Jimmy Goose (@Vernumv) June 13, 2018