Politics in motion: Some reflections on political bias in simulation gaming

Abstract

Is there political bias in simulation games? We examine two popular games and show that there are indeed political statements in these games, but that they form no coherent political theory. So the answer is yes - there are many political statements, but no single theory or simple bias. We then also suggest that the implementation of politic will become more important over time, as demands for realism increase. © 2003 by Springer Science+Business Media New York.