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Victoria II (2010)

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Turning now to Victoria II’s treatment of war and peace, Bret examines what the game’s mechanics say about post-industrialized war. Specifically, how the game’s focus on populations and the rising destructiveness of warfare, combine to create a simulation where war becomes increasingly larger, increasingly more brutal, and increasingly not worth it... but the incentives driving the players to war, still push them towards global conflict.

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0:00 - The Ruin of Wars
3:13 - The Dust Settles
8:15 - The Broken Concert
13:34 - Spheres, Gears and Rounds
22:38 - In Flander’s Fields...
38:05 - …The Pop-pies Blow…
47:30 - …Beneath the Crosses, Row on Row…
1:01:26 - The Larks Still Bravely Singing, Fly
1:05:45 - Credits

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