Adding ol' Jimmy T to the group chat for poker night

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It’s a very different perspective, but Okami’s focus on calligraphy as a game mechanic seems like an important touchstone for discussing both East Asian book traditions (Japan specifically) and manuscript culture.

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There’s an indie game from a few years ago called Scriptorium in which you are a medieval scribe. Also, I didn’t see it in the printing press game thread but Medieval II Total War allows you to build a printing press as part of the tech tree if you are playing as the Holy Roman Empire or Poland.

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we've had discussions on here/Twitter about the Elder Scrolls franchises and books/printing/bookmaking but I think since then, Elder Scrolls Online has done some additionally interesting stuff with the realm of Apocrypha and full sets of bookmaking equipment available for furnishing player houses

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I guess because it’s more of an “idle clicker” rather than having a narrative, but yeah I suppose you’re right — and there’s certainly world-building! it’s a great game, btw, I’ve really enjoyed it

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