My little brother bought me Rise of Nations for my birthday. Strategy & simulation games, a la Sid Meier, are my thing. We happily conquered the world together as the Russians over Thanksgiving. In Soviet Russia, the Weichbrodt boys are belong to all your base!
But what happens when you lose the tanks and add student protestors? A Force More Powerful. Wired News dropped the name on me via an interview with one of the game’s consultants, who founded the Serbian student organization that helped bring down Milosevic in the 90’s. Not quite like a video game designed by Gandhi or MLK, but more like a didactic and fun subversion of a genre, like A Young Ladies Illustrated Primer. The name echoes what that silly rock star Bono said at the beginning of the year. “How do you dismantle an atomic bomb? With love.” Like the saying, I’m not sure if the game is a hippy dream or a useful tool.
November 29th, 2005 | Current, Technology | No comments
