Franki Webb looks at several negative examples of Indigenous representation (and/or erasure) in popular games and explores what decolonization could look like in the games industry

The Last of Us shows human society severely decimated by the Cordyceps infection, a fungal pathogen that attacks insects but manages to jump onto human hosts. Metaphorical in nature the infected represent “the dying remnants of a past society,” (Farca and Ladeveze 2016, p.8)

This article looks at the archaeology and identity of the videogame series Dragon Age. Specifically how ruins play an integral part of immersion in the game. The role of the player as an archaeologist is also analysed with further comparisons made to other archaeologically focused videogames.