Tag: greed

• Monopoly as Serious Game?

  

  In the forty-third episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher Olson and I discuss the history and ideology of the classic board game, Monopoly. In this episode, we present the original intentions behind the board game as being meant to teach socialism — and most definitely not greed. We trace the history of the game […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  November 16, 2018

  Critical/Cultural Studies, Digital Games

  board games, Capitalism, economic theory, education, gamification, greed, monopolies, Monopoly, serious games, Socialism