An Interview with James Baillie At The Intersection Of Games And History

An Interview with James Baillie At The Intersection Of Games And History

From Nerds Amalgamated by Nerds Amalgamated

March 10, 2026 · 1h 8m · Season 1 · Episode 276

About this episode

The episode features an interview with historian and indie game developer James Baillie discussing his game projects and the integration of historical facts into gameplay.

This week we were joined by historian and indie game developer James Bailie to talk about his game projects and how he adapts historical fact into entertaining gameplay. *** We enjoyed a nice drink of Rez which you can get a 10% discount when you type NERDS at the checkout from the Rez website at www.drinkrez.com *** Resources Mentioned Bsky ( James Baillie (@jubalbarca.bsky.social) — Bluesky ) Fedi/Masto ( https://scholar.social/@JubalBarca ) The Exillian Forum (it's a little gaming/creative/nerd site I help run) ( https://exilian.co.uk/forum/ ) Itch ( Jubal Barca ) Steam page for The Exile Princes ( The Exile Princes on Steam ) Academic profile ( https://hcommons.org/members/jubalbarca/ ) James Baillie on Google Scholar ( James Baillie - Google Scholar ) Full Show Notes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/122rEkWs_lHwUNXO6I3SnH9xg_DaKmz7yKYfgKHVj1DU/edit?usp=sharing *** If you'd like to be featured on the show, send us an email: Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com Follow us on: Facebook || Twitter || Twitch Join the Community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VqdBVH5a And watch us on YouTube: Nerds Amalgamated - YouTube

People in this episode

Guest: James Baillie

Topics covered

  • games
  • history
  • indie game development

Keywords

  • historical gameplay
  • indie games
  • game development

Sponsors

Rez

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Rez, NERDS

Books & works: The Intersection Of Games And History

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