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20.11.2022

Apocalypse Dubai - review of Spec Ops: The Line (2012)

Spec Ops: The Line is a third-person military shooter from 2K Games, designed to challenge player's morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations and stress. Your mission: Locate survivors and radio for evacuation before the madness finds you. War is indeed hell.

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Quote from Ernest Hemingway on black background. It says: In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.
25.10.2022

This War of Mine - To have just one more day

This War of Mine invites you to feel sad and survive in the most brutal of environments: an active warzone.

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28.5.2018

Moral game design of “This War of Mine”

Moral gameplay design benefits from extensive background research, external playtesting and iterative design.

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30.4.2018

Review: This War of Mine

Cold, hunger, depression and fatigue are the only resources you don’t lack in This War of Mine

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19.3.2018

Just War: Ethical Issues Surrounding Warfare

Zagal’s article focuses on some of the different ways that war is represented and portrayed in videogames

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7.2.2018

PLAYING WITH TRAUMA

How does The Grizzled make war trauma the driving force of a game?

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