Play’s Republic

“There is no greater threat to the state than the play of children.” (Plato)

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Superpower Power-Ups.

June 7th, 2007 by Garrison · No Comments

If ever there were an interesting opportunity for political, historical, and rhetorical analysis of videogames, here it is. Wired has an photo-essay on “Lost Arcade Games of the Soviet Union.” See the accompanying article, too. A synchronic comparative analysis of Cold-War-era superpower videogames would be thoroughly original research that would make a very handsome thesis.

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