Czechoslovakia 38-89: Assassination is a serious game on contemporary history. It features strong narrative, interactive comics and authentic audiovisual materials. It presents key historical events from different perspectives, including previously marginalized groups. The game develops abilities to comprehend and analyze sources of facts and create critical judgments. Czechoslovakia 38-89: Assassination has been developed at the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague and the Institute of Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The development of the game was financed by the Czech Ministry of Culture. Different Games
Research exclusive to this game
Šisler, Vít. “Contested memories of war in Czechoslovakia 38-89: Assassination: Designing a serious game on contemporary history.” Game Studies 16, no. 2 (2016).
Research that includes this game in its sample
Pötzsch, Holger, and Vít Šisler. “Playing Cultural Memory: Framing History in Call of Duty: Black Ops and Czechoslovakia 38-89: Assassination.” Games and Culture 14, no. 1 (2019): 3-25.