Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Going beyond tropes of other science fiction, the XCOM franchise reboot provides a noteworthy case study of IR in games due to its emphasis on an especially international liberal politic. This proceeds across core entries from the need for global cooperation in the face of global threat, to the failure of this cooperation and resultant totalitarianism, and finally to its victory and successive internal vigilance.
Author: J. M. L. Whittington
Institution: University of Central Florida
Language: English
Topic: Digital Games and Media
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4411973752