While some fight real wars the rest of us play fake ones

The drums of war are beating but many people are too far removed to hear them. Many of us would rather play another round of Modern Warfare or Battlefield than pay attention to foreign affairs.  We attend to these fictionalized

1979 and the potential of games as historical-political narratives

Games haven’t been given much of a chance to articulate historical narratives in a meaningful way, let alone serve as political commentary. The most successful title to achieve the latter would have to be Bioshock, and while its forthcoming sequel

The cat follows the coup

The history of education in games is conflicted. It’s hard enough to convince gamers intent on murder or tending farms that an educational game isn’t woefully beneath them. Even if you’re convinced to play them, the games are rarely good