How Age of Mythology Plays with Language

Age of Mythology is one of those games where the effort put into things like language is...uneven. It gives us an opportunity to talk about some interesting things when it comes to language, accents, and even the function of being understandable. _______________________ My Links: Twitter:   / krosencreutz   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rosencreutz.... Patreon:   / rosencreutz   Discord:   / discord   __________________________ Thanks to everyone who helped me make this. In order of appearance: ‪@FreddaYT‬ ‪@MiaMulder‬ ‪@Ludohistory‬ ‪@ArmchairEgyptology‬ ‪@AnRel‬ And here's the link to the Armchair Egyptology video mentioned, followed by the added resources on modern Coptic language use. AE video:    • What is the 'Transliteration' of Hieroglyphs?   Coptic classes    • Coptic classes aim to keep language alive   Coptic article** https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2005/1... **Apparently the author of this article about Coptic's continued existence ~8:40 has been caught before just making up sources and stuff. So here's an article on that: https://www.theguardian.com/commentis... From what I can gather beyond the source, mostly the classes also mentioned and offhand things I've heard from people who have connection to Coptic communities, it's still likely that there are people speaking it or keeping it alive, but it's, again very small as a subset of the broader Coptic community. I welcome anything people can find that discusses the matter further. ________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:24: Language and “Authenticity” 05:55 The Egyptians and Accuracy 12:46 Intent 15:46 Language, Games, and Language Games 19:03 Conclusion 20:56 Outro 21:47 After credits secret scene