| Myth(s) | |
| Primary Setting | The Marvel Universe |
| Themes | Epic, Oral Poetics / Recompositional Poetry, Concept of Hero |
| Recommended Primary Sources | Homeric poetry |
| Pedagogical Resources | “Building a Really Epic Deck in Marvel’s Midnight Suns”, lecture given by Dr. Roger Travis (UConn) at CGC’s Semi-Annual Gaming Lab & Lecture (March 2024). Watch Part 1 and Part 2. |
| Additional Myth | |
| Comparative Game | Games by Bethesda Game Studios (e.g., Fallout: New Vegas, Skyrim, etc.) |
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| See also | Lord, A. (2003). The Singer of Tales. 2. ed. Harvard University Press. Travis, R. (2020). “The Bethesda Style: The Open-World Role-Playing Game as Formulaic Epic.” In C. Rollinger (Ed.), Classical Antiquity in Video Games: Playing with the Ancient World (pp. 127-140). Bloomsbury Academic. |