Thursday 27 September, 2018

After my final play session of 1979: Revolution, I no longer think that the game is entirely one-sided. While the game seems to focus only on the people planning the revolution, there are two different sides within the revolutionaries. There are some characters in the game that want a peaceful revolution while others want to take over the government by force. The player can choose which side they want to be on by agreeing with certain people in conversation. Based upon which side of the revolution the player chooses, the player will gain more knowledge of the viewpoint of that specific side. Because the game displays real-world historical facts that the player finds in the game world, the player could find more facts that support one side of the revolutionaries. If the game is trying to remain historically accurate, they should show all of the facts to the player. For players who don't know anything about the 1979 Iranian revolution, they could have an altered viewpoint.

Great job Clay! I love how you bring the topic of objectivity into your reflection. How different do you think the game would be if it showed perspectives outside of the revolution? In real life people don’t often have all the facts, do you think that basing the game on a historical event means it should do more to provide all those facts anyway?