Video Games and Politics

VIDEO GAME ART: Shigeru Miyamoto, The Man Behind Nintendo's Mario

newyorker.com | Posted 05.25.2011

When Shigeru Miyamoto was a child, he didn't really have any toys, so he made his own, out of wood and string. He put on performances with homemade pu...

Political Speech in Video Games May Be the Argument to Save Free Speech

Alex Koroknay-Palicz | Posted 05.25.2011

Alex Koroknay-Palicz

For those of us who care about free speech, or video games, or who care about youth rights, it seems one of the strongest cases we can make is that video games do, in fact, quite often involve political speech.

Islamic Group Forces Site To Remove Satirical Religious Video Game "Faith Fighter"

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

The Saudi-based Islamic group Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) spoke out Tuesday against "Faith Fighter" -- an online video game that pits...