ACOUP - Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and the Unfortunate Implications

In this post, Bret takes a look at Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, paying particular attention to how the game portrays 9th century “viking” and English culture. How accurate to real histories are these portrayals? And what sort of implications do the game’s deviations from history create?

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