War Video Games-Del-Moral

This note last modified March 20, 2022

#notesFromPaper Year : Tags : Authors: Del-Moral Rodriguez-Gonzalez

uses the WarVG-A war game analysis tool to analyze the critical thinking towards war. Honestly the abstract wasn’t that great so I’m hoping the rest of the paper is.

Do war games banalize war?

I mean yes, and this paper identifies a variety of mechanics that make war seem simpler than it actually is.

Looked at a variety of games from different lenses / dimensions

  • cognitive: How does the game treat the US and terrorist groups?
  • personal: what viewpoints is the player given? Just soldiers, or civilians as well?
  • ethical: transmitted values such as empathy, or racial views
  • logical: how much of the surrounding motivations and backgrounds does the game show?
  • argumentative: does the game present the conflict as justified?
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