Call of Duty and Our Geopolitical Reality
The highest grossing video game franchise of all time will soon launch its latest installment, but we should be paying more attention to a 2012 predecessor.
Review – Through the Darkest of Times
This emotive and thought-provoking videogame successfully recognises the complexities and significance of lesser-known efforts to resist the Nazi regime within Germany.
Review – 1979 Revolution: Black Friday
Departing from cliché this game takes its subject and audience seriously, delivering an engaging and entertaining story about a key event that has shaped the Middle East.
Review – This War of Mine
By putting the civilians’ experience at the forefront, TWoM addresses the side of war that is often overlooked in many forms of popular culture as well as IR discourse.
Military Videogames, Geopolitics and Methods
A player-based approach unveils actual experiences of videogames offering a creative and grounded approach to a fuller understanding of pop culture in world politics.
Videogames and IR: Playing at Method
Methodologically, a constructive encounter with videogames relies on reflection on narrative, visual and aural elements, and gameplay.
War in Video Games – Between Reality and Entertainment
Entertainment is not, and should not need to be, education. It is the responsibility of any society to ensure that its members are capable of separating the two.
Pixels and People: Videogames, Warfare, and the Missing Everyday
When considering the depiction of conflict and warfare in videogames, it is important to acknowledge not only what they are depicting but what they are ignoring.
IR and the Future Wars of First-Person Military Shooters
In the third generation of military shooters, IR concerns manifest as future war and the insecurity charted by IR collapses into open confrontation.
Violent Virtual Games and the Consequences for Real War
The U.S. Army is using virtual violent video games to recruit and train soldiers for real war. This should trouble scholars across disciplines.
