Strategy games love history, and thanks to first-person shooters every major war of the 20th century has been videogamed to hell and back. The Assassin's Creed games explore a kind of popcorn history with Hollywood versions of Leonardo da Vinci and the like, and the occasional RPG gets set somewhere in medieval Europe or feudal Japan. I'm not saying videogames about our past don't exist, but they sure are outnumbered by games about our present, games about our future, and games about elves... Read more.