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  "textContent": "Video game maps lie to us, and we love the lies they tell. Open the map in Kingdom Come, Elder Scrolls, or any medieval-themed game and you get the usual charming package: parchment edges, faded ink, hand-drawn trees. It looks quietly, comfortably, archaic.",
  "title": "Imagined Maps of the Middle Ages"
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