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It's nice to see some Asian history for a change. In the west, it seems as we only have an interest in the historical narratives of Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Eu
by 01100011 6y ago
It's nice to see some Asian history for a change. In the west, it seems as we only have an interest in the historical narratives of Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Europe. Dense civilizations existed in South and East Asian stretching back thousands of years and our history classes and popular culture barely touch on them.
I'd love to see more pop culture(games, movies, etc) explore the history of what is now India, Thailand, Vietnam, etc.
- swamy_g 6y agoI think we'll have to do this on our own and not rely on Hollywood or studios from the west. Bahubali was probably a good start. But more needs to be done. I'm starting to wonder whether it's a question of talent or question of capital. I seriously hope it's the latter.
- t0ughcritic 6y agoPropensity to spend on games possibly as well
- actuator 6y agoI am assuming for games at least, the market in say India is not big enough that it can cover the cost of making something high budget. Once the market becomes bigger in terms of ability to spend, there might be more content. For example Japan, China have big enough markets and both have dedicated games in Total War series on parts of their history.
- ShorsHammer 6y agoThe Total War series originally started with Japan and later went onto Western wars despite being made by British developers, this comment seems to suggest it's the reverse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_War_(video_game_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_War_(video_game_series)
- chancemehmu 6y agoI would say things are starting to look good even for India. Check out Raji the game ,which imo is high quality and looks interesting. The gaming movement in India got a big boost after PUBG, COD, etc. but ofcourse it’s still in a very nascent stage.
- searchableguy 6y agohttps://themakoreactor.com/features/raji-an-ancient-epic-release-date-made-in-india-nintendo-switch-game-development-pc-ps4-xbox-one-nodding-heads-interview/13628 https://themakoreactor.com/features/raji-an-ancient-epic-rel... Interesting story!
- aeontech 6y agoThe gameplay demo video looks very cool! https://youtu.be/9qKxXNOljmE https://youtu.be/9qKxXNOljmE
- puranjay 6y agoI'm always amazed whenever I mention the Indus Valley Civilization and most people have never even heard of it - they think "ancient civilization" means the Egyptians and Mesopotamians!
- dr_dshiv 6y agoHere's a nice recent article with maps showing the cities of the Indus Valley Civilization. https://news.sky.com/story/amp/climate-change-behind-rise-and-fall-of-ancient-indus-valley-civilisation-says-study-12063367 https://news.sky.com/story/amp/climate-change-behind-rise-an...
- jhanschoo 6y agoI'll note that someone who has interest in Latin and Ancient Greek normally develops an interest in Sanskrit and India as well, since these three are the ancient Indo-European languages with highly developed literatures.