Red Dead Redemption is included in the university program

An American professor recently asserted that even video games have a place in the classroom.

Although released 2 years ago, Red Dead Redemption II is still one of the most popular games today. Now, it can be seen that the popularity of this game will be further increased when a professor at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA uses the game to teach American history.

University of Tennessee Knoxville professor Tore Olsson advertised his course on Twitter as “HIUS 383: Red Dead America.” The course will revolve around Rockstar’s western franchise and much of the historical setting found throughout the series from 1899 to 1911.

“Who said video games have no place in the classroom?” – Professor Tore Olsson shared on Twitter.

Red Dead Redemption isn’t the only AAA franchise in recent years to emphasize historical accuracy, even if the game’s story is fictional. Ubisoft has also gone to great lengths to make the Assassin’s Creed games historically accurate from the very beginning of the series. In Assassin’s Creed: Origins and Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Ubisoft even included a tour mode, which is a simple educational experience about ancient Egypt and ancient Greece.

The developers of Assassin’s Creed and Red Dead Redemption deserve credit for their efforts to make the titles as historically accurate as possible while still keeping the gameplay engaging. They brought historical moments to life in a way that a textbook could hardly convey.

Learning history through the game is also more subconscious and does not make the players feel too constrained. It seems that video games, like movies, are gradually becoming a tool for transmitting knowledge, not merely a means of entertainment.