This paper argues that war video games are transitional spaces that connect players to the
'war on terror'. It explores the pervasive influence of militarism in video games and how the …

With the extensive use of military force by the US government over the past decade, more
scholarly attention has been directed at how mass culture is mobilized to support military …

Video games of the early 1990s have an appreciable depth of environmental tones that
seem prophetic by today's standards as climate change and environmental degradation …

This essay examines the popular military-themed first person shooter video game Halo 2. It
contends that Halo 2 is a post-9/11 rhetoric that helps position players attitudinally in relation …

Video games, as technological and cultural artifacts of considerable influence in the
contemporary society, play an important role in the construction of identities, just as other …

Utilizing Bogost's procedural rhetoric framework in his book Persuasive Games, this article
examines Labyrinth, a boardgame that simulates the conflict between the United States and …

Following an aesthetic turn, it has become increasingly permissible to utilise artefacts of
popular culture in the study of political phenomena. This practice has been of an increased …

En este artículo se pretende recoger la representación o representaciones de la guerra
presentes de manera predominante en los videojuegos de géneros bélicos. Para ello, se …

In the current videogame landscape, a great deal of first-person shooters are being made
that depict a post-apocalyptic invasion by an “alien” force that must be repelled. Culture in a …

This research is based on a detailed empirical case study of the popular videogame series
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Drawing primarily on the field of popular geopolitics, the …