One of the most noticeable and surprising problems with the study of video games (and interactive media in general) is the difficulty to describe their place in society. In general, there are three broad approaches to this question. Some proponents consider games to be toys and judge their quality as such, others judge them as simulations of real world possibilities and yet others judge them by the quality of the stories they tell – when, of course, they are telling stories (this is not always the case).
This is a series intended to explore all three, though this first introductory post delves into games as simulations.
It’s not easy being green, but the eco-friendly games on this list certainly make it interesting.
We're well into the first week of August, and the summer's hottest days could be just ahead. There's still a debate being waged over climate change policies proposed to help curb its effects, but in some video game that debate is over and the effects of climate change lead to a bleak future. We speak to Dr. David Robinson, New Jersey State Climatologist and Professor in the Department of Geography at Rutgers University, to find out if these video games' vision of a post climate change future holds more fact or fiction.
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