Editing Minotaur (section)

=== Video and role-playing games ===
*The ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' role-playing game features minotaurs as opponents and playable characters, but translates them from a singular creature into a species.<ref>{{cite book|author-first=Richard W.|author-last=Forest|editor-first=Jeffrey|editor-last=Weinstock|date=2014|title=The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters|publisher=[[Ashgate Publishing]]|chapter=Dungeons & Dragons, Monsters in}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Liz|last=Gloyn|author-link=Liz Gloyn |date=2019|title=Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Academic]]|pages=36–37|isbn=978-1-7845-3934-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hickman |first1=Tracy |authorlink=Tracy Hickman |first2=Margaret |last2=Weis |authorlink2=Margaret Weis |year=1987 |title=[[Dragonlance Adventures]] |publisher=[[TSR, Inc]] |isbn=0-88038-452-2}}</ref>
*In the 2018 action-adventure game ''[[Assassin's Creed Odyssey]]'', the minotaur is a legendary creature to be defeated in a boss fight.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/assassins-creed-odyssey-minotaur/ |title=How to find and beat the Assassin's Creed Odyssey Minotaur |first=Sam |last=Loveridge |date=1 May 2020 |access-date=12 December 2024 |magazine=[[Games Radar]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thegamer.com/assassins-creed-odyssey-how-to-find-and-defeat-the-minotaur/ |title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey: How To Find And Defeat The Minotaur |first=Jesse |last=Lennox |date=2 October 2020 |access-date=12 December 2024 |work=[[TheGamer]]}}</ref> In a series of missions various references are made to the mythical history of the minotaur,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://screenrant.com/find-beat-minotaur-assassins-creed-odyssey/ |title=How to Find (& Beat) The Minotaur in Assassin's Creed Odyssey |first=Cody |last=Peterson |date=11 September 2020 |access-date=12 December 2024 |work=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newsweek.com/assassins-creed-odyssey-gates-atlantis-guide-minotaur-medusa-sphinx-cyclops-1158456 |title='Assassin's Creed Odyssey' Gates of Atlantis Guide: Where is the Minotaur, Medusa, Sphinx and Cyclops? |first=Bob |last=Fekete |date=8 October 2018 |access-date=12 December 2024 |magazine=[[Newsweek]]}}</ref> like Theseus and the thread of Ariadne.
*In the 2019 virtual novel game ''Minotaur Hotel'', Asterion the minotaur is a romanceable non-playable character; "Minotaur Hotel is an award-winning gay romance story where you'll meet and grow close with Asterion, the Minotaur of Greek legend, and manage a magical hotel staffed by a cast of mythological beings."<ref>{{cite web |last1=MinoAnon |last2=Nanoff |title=Minotaur Hotel |url=https://minoh.itch.io/minotaur-hotel |website=[[Itch.io]] |access-date=9 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wright |first1=Steve |title=Melbourne Queer Game Festival 2021 winners announced |url=https://stevivor.com/news/melbourne-queer-game-festival-2021-winners-announced/ |website=Stevivor |date=6 October 2021 |access-date=9 August 2024}}</ref>
* In the 2024 video game ''[[Sovereign Syndicate]]'', one of the playable main characters is a minotaur.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Macgregor |first1=Jody |title=Sovereign Syndicate review |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/sovereign-syndicate-review/ |website=[[PC Gamer]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=23 January 2024 |date=11 January 2024}}</ref>