Games
Strategy games keep giving players the most depressing insights into real-world politics and economics
As much handwringing as has been done over the idea of ‘politics in video games’ over the years, one thing’s for sure: strategy games have never shied away from the topic. Politics – that is, the activities of state – are integral to any game about running a government, and everywhere from Victoria 3 to Dwarf Fortress, players keep finding themselves learning accidental, often depressing lessons about the political and economic systems that govern the real world.
