Frame and Metaphor in Political Games

This paper offers an approach to analyzing political rhetoric in videogames intended to carry ideological bias, based on cognitive linguist George Lakoff’s notion of metaphor and frame as the principle organizers or political discourse. I then argue for three ways games function in relation to ideological frames: reinforcement, contestation, and exposition through examples of

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: DIGRA
• Authors: Ian Bogost
• Keywords: Computer Graphics, DIGRA 2005, Ideological Bias, Ideological Frames, Linguist George Lakoff