O potencial de videogames no estudo de história : Nobunaga's Ambition e a história do Japão (1534 - 1603)

Abstract

Faced with the lack of information about the Japan history in Brazilian didactic books, and consequently at the teaching network at the country, this paper discusses the potential of Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence as an alternative access about the subject matter, made possible by the expansion of the concept of sources from the Cultural History. The study uses Content Analysis to evaluate three didactic books collections presents at PNLD of 2017, address mechanics, along with concepts, events and historical characters in the game and, at last, confront the presented information by the analyzed title with its historiographical equivalents. With this, the work ponders how pertinent the game is as an informal gateway to the cut from 1534 to 1603 in Japanese history. From this look at didactic books and a cultural production that is sold as a part of a "historical simulation series" the research results in an incentive to think about the value of games for the introduction of History content, as well as a warning for its inaccuracies and freedoms for its function as interactive entertainment (sic).