Wars and propaganda in gaming: you've all heard of
America's Army by now, but what about
Under Ash where you can fight the IDF (no civilians targets here) as a palestinian rambo? Perhaps you'd prefer a more spiritual route, and want to
convert heathens? Or the truly repulsive
Ethnic Cleansing game? Artists are getting into too with the likes of
Cultural Revolution Doom, and some politicians considered
doing it the direct way. Clearly, folks with an agenda have realized that games are a way to get their message out, and maybe noticed the success of
"realistic" but largely apolitical shooters.
Fortunately for gaming peaceniks (kill pixels not people!), the games mostly suck.
posted by malphigian
on Jul 26, 2002 -
6 comments
Unchecked Greek aggression near Thebes in 1475AD has brought them to war, but Phoenatican
democracy prevails. The, uh, fanatics over at
civ fanatics have been playing
Civilization 3 game as a democracy, with elected leaders, policy votes, a
constitution, a
census,
the works. Their
empire is impressive, as is the player cooperation to make a new kind of gameplay that
Sid Meier probably never intended.
posted by malphigian
on Jul 3, 2002 -
9 comments
