Tag: war and games

Critical exploration and think pieces about the relationship between games and war or violence.


Full Metal Planet – Are High Moon’s Cybertron Games Anti-War?


Are High Moon Studios' Cybertron games anti-war? A close reading of conflict between talking robots and how two action games glorify combat but repudiate war. A week ago... I snatched two really competent action games in a sale on XboxLive. Transformers – War for Cybertron and Transformers – Fall of...

From Rapture to Dubai


I will make comparison of two on the surface very similar player journeys, with one key distinction at the core. Bioshock asks and answers all existential questions within its gameplay mechanics for you. While Spec Ops: The Line pushes you – the player in front of the screen – to...

Gears Of War And Genocide


Intentionally or accidentally – the iconography, cultural references and the similarity between events in the trilogy and real life turn Gears of War into an allegory for the United States of America and its wars. Considering the political context, this – made in America – shooter title has a really...