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Off-Topic / Re: The Book Club - 2017
« on: 27-02-2017, 22:02:52 »
I'm reading Comment on écrit l'histoire by Paul Veyne. It is about what is history and how historian make it.

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Off-Topic / Re: The Book Club - 2017
« on: 30-01-2017, 21:01:35 »
Last year I had to go back to school, so I didn't have the to read. So I read something like 13 books.

But I hope that in 2017 I will be able to read at least 20 or 30 book.

So my first book in 2017 was The day the revolution began: https://www.amazon.com/Day-Revolution-Began-Reconsidering-Crucifixion/dp/0062334387/?tag=thegospcoal-20

It's a book of historical theology, what I mean by that is that explain how the first christian saw Jesus and what they belief about revolution.

Now I am re-reading Battlecry of freedom by James McPherson. I had read it, like 6 years ago in french and now I'm reading it in English.

After that I will go with Comment on écrit l'histoire by Paul Veyne. It's a book about historical epistemology. After that I don't really know, maybe the arthurian Legend (the original one) or maybe something else. I will see.

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Gaming / Re: Battlefield "1"
« on: 15-08-2016, 19:08:50 »

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Off-Topic / Re: DC cinematic universe
« on: 02-08-2016, 02:08:37 »
He is a probably a spy as the trailer seem to induce ;)

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Off-Topic / Re: DC cinematic universe
« on: 02-08-2016, 02:08:05 »
Sorry, how the hell is he then wearing a german uniform (on more than one occasion) and is decorated with the highest military award in the entire German Empire? Also flies a german fighter.

He is a probably a spy as the trailer to induce ;)

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Off-Topic / Re: DC cinematic universe
« on: 01-08-2016, 00:08:35 »
Looks like utter shite. Saves german pilot (note the Pour le Merite), falls in love with him, proceeds to kill countless of "bad germans". Fuck yeah Hollywood. What is this.
Steve Trevor is an american not a german and they are not the big bad, they are probably under the influence of Ares.

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Gaming / Re: Battlefield "1"
« on: 13-06-2016, 04:06:02 »
Jackfrag was one of those who played the game today

here some new footage he made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkRcvtGE90Q

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Gaming / Re: Battlefield "1"
« on: 13-06-2016, 03:06:28 »
I want to type out long explanatory replies and argue why most of the opinions I see here are shallow and not thought through. But I guess at this point it's easier to just rolly eyes as it has more-or-less the same effect ::)


Indeed.

Seriously people doesn't seem to understand that those game are not historically accurate. Bf1942 wasnt' either, but it was a damn fine game.

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Gaming / Re: Battlefield "1"
« on: 07-06-2016, 20:06:24 »
Does everyone with a nostalgia boner for BF1942 remember the Japanese getting the 'Type 4' (type 5) rifle?... you know, the one where only 250 were ever made, and never actually saw action, and were designed in 1944, yet they were carried on Wake Island in game?

I wonder if those guys complain about Battlefield 1's accuracy :P

I think many people have just understand that BF1 would not be historically accurate and they are in shock. :P

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Gaming / Re: Battlefield "1"
« on: 17-05-2016, 02:05:32 »
Add me on Steam and we can play together :)
Yeah I will do that when I will reinstall verdun

No, and I'm not blaming (pop) culture for deforming historical views. But it is very much a factor in how views are made, and like I said, sometimes even without the person acknowledging it.

I agree that sparking interest is a great thing: it's just a bit sad that people often don't go any further than this "popular" form of history, and take it for real. And then the real historians have to defend their educated views ;)

I understand your point of view, but I think if someone doesn't want to go further, most of the time, they will not talk about it. If they talk about it and thing they are right, I will not care simply because they doesn't have learning to heart.

And sure many people can't acknowledge it, simply because it's our worldview. Worldview ensure that we are taking for absolute truth, thing without challenge it. In a way it's sad, but we can't save everyone.

I will focus on those who want to learn. Even if we lose some people, we will change the view of  others and that's in my opinion what worth it.

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Gaming / Re: Battlefield "1"
« on: 14-05-2016, 23:05:46 »

About your argument: I see what you mean, but as a history teacher I have to correct views of kids very often. They take those views from watching a movie or Youtube, and although you are right about people looking for history in a movie being naive and wrong, most people are not actively looking for history there, but they are being fed "history" passively while watching something like SPR. Fortunately, kids are flexible and can bend their views quite easily after some explanation/education/research. Adults however are much more stubborn, they will not even admit they they start to believe something is historical just because they saw it in a historical drama, but that happens very often.

For Verdun I will give another chance, but I will be playing lonely, but many of my friend will have BF1.

Like I said, it's naive from them, that's why you can explain it to them. I do that I lot to the people that surround me and I see the results.

That's said not everyone will see the light. It's not the fault of video game or movies, since they doesn't try to be historically accurate. It's a problem of worldview and pride. For example, someone with whom I was working saw a national geographic documentary about the maya and came to talk to me about it. I said to him that the documentary made mistake and he was piss. What can I do about it ? nothing, but that's not a real problem. If he doesn't want to learn it's his loss, not mine, not to history, simply because behind the rejection his behavior show that he don't want to learn.

You can't blame alcool because some drunk and drive or because others are alcoholic. You can't blame stubbornness and ignorance on arts and entertainment.

Even FH2 is not historical on many thing, it doesn't prevent that's a good game nor that many people will learn because of it.

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Gaming / Re: Battlefield "1"
« on: 14-05-2016, 17:05:55 »


^This. I had no real interest in WW2 until I started playing Forgotten Hope, hearing the devs claim that it was 'historically accurate' and then doing my own research to verify it.

I'm doing this even now with 'Battlefield 1.' I've never had much of an interest in WW1, but this announcement has sparked it a little more. I've even subscribed to 'The Great War' channel and I'm slowly catching up on all the weeks I've missed since it started :)

Even today, after having a degree in anthropology with a specialization in archaeology, with a minor in history with a archivist degree (here it's a 1 year university degree) I will play a game like Assassin Creed it will still spark interest. Black Flag for example, remind me that piracy was something interesting from an historical perspective. So I did some research about it and found many book (History and archaeology) about it.

Because of BF1, my next book I will read will be Seven Pillars of Wisdom I have bought 2 or 3 years ago but didn't have the time to read it. Etc.

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Gaming / Re: Battlefield "1"
« on: 14-05-2016, 04:05:28 »
lets see..black guy with cape holding german pistol...it seems this gonna be soooo realistic..
i would play verdun instead of this

I really don't understand that view. Seriously, people here, should stop complaining about how a game or a movie set in an historical context is not historical.

It's not something surprising. "Historical" movie or game are art. Arts doesn't need to be accurate to be fun or good. It's arts. The same way science in movie or game doesn't make sense, history doesn't need to make sense.

In my opinion, if someone seek historical knowledge in movie and games, they are wrong and naive.

That said, "historical" movie or game can make people to be interest by history. I'm one of them. When I was 9 years old, I saw Saving private Ryan at the local theater and it spark an interest about WW2 and War. Sure it's not historical at all, but it spark an interest.

Those who reject arts because it's not historical have a wrong view of what is arts.

I'm really looking forward to play to BF1 and I know I will have way more fun than Verdun. Not that verdun is a bad game, but it have to many issue in my opinion.

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Gaming / Re: Battlefield "1"
« on: 07-05-2016, 19:05:39 »
Ah, a new Battlefield game. :D You can tell it's just around the corner from the unmistakable pessimism concentrated in the off topic section.

I really hope nobody actually expected some kind of 'realistic' or 'historically accurate' WW1 game out of EA.

Still, it's at least an original idea and not directly copying the competitors.

This is what I'm excited for. It takes some balls to jump to WW1 and challenge yourself to make a AAA game title out of it. All I can hope is that they stick to the core of what made battlefield fun and let you and your friends get in big ass machines and blow shit up.

If I can pilot a bomber or a Zeppelin with a full crew of people. Or slug a tank across some trenches while a bunch of other people man all the gun ports. Or hell even jump in a battleship and have all my squad mates man a set of guns. I'm sold.

The only thing I would question is the infantry gameplay. The bread and butter of battlefield games is good gun play with auto or semi auto weapons. From what I hear tho they might just keep bolt action weapons to the scout class and use machine guns, and stretch for prototype SMGs to fill out the other classes.

I'm interested to see some gameplay :)

I totally agree

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