My wife is a gamer, and she actually got me an Assassins Creed game, the American Revolution one... because that was always my historical jam.
And I watch her play a lot...
And you know, I have always defended Sparta. When I was a kid they tried to compare them to the Soviets, and now they sort of compare them to the N-world WWII baddies.
But, women could own property. Women could vote. Every citizen had a say regardless of wealth. There was one of the first age of consent laws (which decreased infant mortality to a percentage unheard of until modern medicine) and woman were encouraged to engage in sports... which was shockingly progressive.
Meanwhile in Athens, if you were a woman (which I guess is now indefinable, and offensive when attributed to people who can carry children) you had your first kid at the age of 12, probably died with the baby in childbirth, were forced to marry a much older man, and were mostly confined to the house as little more than a slave.
So I sort of get where they are coming from with this.
But let's be honest, Sparta or Athens, the protagonist in this would have been put to death as the people in either community cast volley after volley of stones because of what she is depicted as doing... even the ones on her side.
The problem is, kids play these and its going to confuse the heck out of them. And, like the Da Vinci Code, people like me are going to have one heck of a headache when they get to college.
And I watch her play a lot...
And you know, I have always defended Sparta. When I was a kid they tried to compare them to the Soviets, and now they sort of compare them to the N-world WWII baddies.
But, women could own property. Women could vote. Every citizen had a say regardless of wealth. There was one of the first age of consent laws (which decreased infant mortality to a percentage unheard of until modern medicine) and woman were encouraged to engage in sports... which was shockingly progressive.
Meanwhile in Athens, if you were a woman (which I guess is now indefinable, and offensive when attributed to people who can carry children) you had your first kid at the age of 12, probably died with the baby in childbirth, were forced to marry a much older man, and were mostly confined to the house as little more than a slave.
So I sort of get where they are coming from with this.
But let's be honest, Sparta or Athens, the protagonist in this would have been put to death as the people in either community cast volley after volley of stones because of what she is depicted as doing... even the ones on her side.
The problem is, kids play these and its going to confuse the heck out of them. And, like the Da Vinci Code, people like me are going to have one heck of a headache when they get to college.