The Politics and Censorship of Video Games

How the Global Culture War has Expanded into the Gaming Industry

Tom Secker
Nov 4 · 12 min read

A recent report in Newsweek’s NewsGeek section has drawn attention to how video games, just like other forms of entertainment, can carry political messages. The article by Andrew Whalen criticises Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for grossly distorting the Highway of Death incident…

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Journalist, podcaster, editor of spyculture.com, author of National Security Cinema, support at patreon.com/tomsecker

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