Why Red Dead Redemption 2 inverts the Western genre trope of good guys wearing white hats and bad guys wearing black ones.

Close examination of RDR2 shows that Rockstar Games is a willing participant in colonialist traditions like cultural appropriation.

Close examination of RDR2 shows that Rockstar Games is a willing participant in colonialist traditions like cultural appropriation.

RDR2 alludes to a famous episode from Greek mythology to give deeper meaning to the endings of both Redemption games.

How Rockstar drew on diabolical characters from John Milton's Paradise Lost to create Micah Bell III, and who he's named after.

Paradise Lost and the iconic historical writer who helped to inspire RDR2's Dutch Van der Linde.

RDR2 characters inspired by historical figures whose lives intersected with outlaws Chris Evans and John Sontag.

History in RDR2: the little-known outlaws who inspired the characters Dutch Van der Linde, Hosea Matthews, Arthur Morgan, and Micah Bell.

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Exploring the literature & history that influenced Red Dead Redemption II.

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