What If We Played A War And Nobody Won?: Critical Approaches to War in Videogame Art

'What If We Played A War And Nobody Won?: Critical Approaches to War in Videogame Art' is an online exhibition that deals with the concept of war in today's videogames. The exhibition contains six online games that temper with the rules and styles of standardized games. Such games include 'Play the News. Solve the Puzzle,' which makes player to solve conflict between Israel and Palestine without using violence.

The vast majority of the videogames have glorified and celebrated war and violence. If you look at the recent best-selling videogames, they all deal with wars and violence: Halo 3, God of War II, Grand Theft Auto IV, etc. One project in this exihibition shows the list of the U.S soldiers died in Iraq and the exact time. I like the project and its concept because it engages the players the true natures of war, and how it is distorted through the videogames.

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What If We Played A War And Nobody Won?: Critical Approaches to War in Videogame Art
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