Strange Sickness, a video game based on the research of historians Dr Jackson Armstrong and Dr William Hepburn, is up for a 2022 Scottish BAFTA.
Aberdeen Based Video Game Up for Top Award
Strange Sickness: Video Game Set in Plague Ridden Aberdeen
Players begin their journey in Aberdeen in 1498 as Robert Collison, a young member of Aberdeen’s Town Council. He faces a terrifying, exciting challenge when a deadly plague threatens his community.
‘After the Plague’ The Answer Is In The Bones
“By comparing the skeletal trauma of remains buried in various locations within a town like Cambridge, we can gauge the hazards of daily life experienced by different spheres of medieval society.”
The Roses of Eyam – A Parable For Our Time
Eyam is a village in the Derbyshire Dales, which is best known for the selfless, courageous actions of its inhabitants during an outbreak of the bubonic plague in the early 17th Century.
