What to Do When Your Video Game Gets Co-opted by Neo-Nazis

‘Crusader Kings 3’ depicts a more diverse and connected version of the Middle Ages than its predecessors

David M. Perry
OneZero
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7 min readMay 22, 2020

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Images: Crusader Kings

The Swedish video game maker Paradox Development Studio has a problem. Paradox is the creator of Crusader Kings, a wildly popular medieval history simulation game franchise. Unfortunately…

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David M. Perry
OneZero

Just your average progressive political journalist, medieval historian, and Irish rock musician. Yes, I really do have a PhD in medieval history