British Imperial War Museum will showcase how video games depict war
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The United Kingdom’s Imperial War Museum in London is launching an exhibit on Friday that explores what video games can tell us about war.
The exhibit is called War Games: Real Conflicts | Virtual Worlds | Extreme Entertainment and it will delve into the medium of games. It seeks to challenge perceptions of how video games interpret stories about war and conflict through a series of titles which, over the last 40 years, have reflected events from the First World War to the present.
You might wonder if it’s all about patriotic games used as propaganda. But one of the titles featured is This War of Mine, which depicts war from the point of view of civilians trying to find food and survive in a war-torn city. It was published by Polish game studio 11bit studios in 2014.
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The exhibit has immersive installations, never-before-displayed objects and perspectives from industry experts. It also has a playable retro gaming zone and a program of supporting events.
The titles on display include Sniper Elite 5, recently released by lead exhibition sponsor Rebellion and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The exhibit will present 12 unique titles including video games and a military training simulator alongside new acquisitions and objects from the war museum’s collection.
While some view the museum as a tribute to Britain’s military colonialism, I’ve been to the place and it has moving stories about war and the
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