Tore Olsson on Red Dead Redemption 2: Where video games meet history

WUOT | By Todd Steed

Published August 13, 2024 at 1:59 PM EDT

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a wildly successful history-based video game. The game is lauded for its realism and attention to detail. But how does it fare as a re-creation of history? UT history professor Tore Olsson takes up that question in a special class at UT and also in his new book: Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past. Todd Steed caught up with Torre Olson to discuss the book. Olsson will be at Union Avenue Books on August 15th at 6:00.

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A Knoxville native, Todd began working at WUOT in 2006 as jazz coordinator now serves as music director and host of Studio 865/Flipside, Improvisations and Changing Course. Todd's newest podcast is Improvisations to Go. Todd got his start in radio at WUTK, where he served as both news and music director while earning his undergraduate degree in journalism at UT. He later earned a master’s degree in education, also at UT. Recently, Todd was inducted into the East Tennessee Writer's Hall of Fame.

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