Government Propaganda and Gaming

Propaganda is commonplace in any war but it would be nice to think that we wouldn’t fall for believing the enemy is dropping poisoned sweets by fly over to poison our children any more. The fact is, we wouldn’t, as with everything propaganda has to move with the times to stay effective.

Recently, Reuters posted an interesting podcast where they talked with George Weidman about games being used as propaganda. Taking a look at games which the FBI and PETA have created in order to get their message across about extremism and animal cruelty. They also make some interesting points about a game with a very strong message, IS Defense, which puts the player in the position of defending Europe from Islamic State armies.

Click here to listen to the podcast.

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Can You Bring Democracy to Africa?

With Elections of the US America Election: The Card Game just about to go to print, we’ve been taking an interest in other games based on politics. Democracy 3: Africa is a turn-based political strategy game which puts the player in charge of some of the major countries on the African continent. As in real life it is no easy task trying to stay in power, improve the lives of the population, fixing each countries individual problems, all whilst increasing prosperity across the board.

Developed by Positech Games, they have adapted the original game to include the social and economic situations currently facing Africa which results in new challenges and opportunities.

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