In this very special final episode of the first season of Leveller, we look back on our year and discuss which games we think deserve some extra attention in our Alternative Political Game Awards. Join us to hear which game got us most thinking about the threat posed to nature by big corporations, which made us think about engagement, our overall best game of the year, and many many more.

Game List

Adam:

Stray

Alan Wake 2

Valorant

Fortnite

Content Warning

Chained Together

Another Crab's Treasure

Baldur's Gate 3

Crusader King's 3

Divinity Original Sin 2

Black Myth Wukong

Callisto Protocol

Citizen Sleeper

Cult of the Lamb

Elden Ring

Sims 4

Stardew Valley

Dead Rising Remaster

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Dredge

Left 4 Dead 2

Moonring

Firewatch

Gris

Ghostrunner 2

Hades 2

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

Papers, Please

Thirsty Suitors

Chants of Sennaar

Still Wakes the Deep

Venba

Inscryption

Kentucky Route Zero

Papa's Quiz

Mario Kart

Alba

Snipperclips

Layers of Fear

Final Fantasy XVI

Silent Hill 2

Thank Goodness You're Here

Rainbow Six Siege

Helldivers 2

Balatro

Emma:

World of Goo

Papers Please

Inside

Gunpoint

Error 143

A Date with Death

Hades 2

PalWorld

Huniepop

Boyfriend Dungeon

El Paso Elsewhere

Dave the Diver

Moonring

Control

Farcry 5

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

Lethal Company

Stardew valley

Sims

Mario Kart

Mario Party

Snipperclips

Alba

Kentucky Route Zero

Cult of the Lamb

Papa's Quiz

Tears of the Kingdom

Dead Cells

Valorant

The Finals

2XKO

Inscryption

Thank Goodness You're Here

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Why do the Tories choose bad leaders? Why are they so divided? And what role does ideology play?

In this episode, we are joined by Oliver Booth, fellow PGR at the University of Leeds and researcher of the Conservative Party and British Politics. We talk to Oli about Crusader Kings 3 (vaguely) to discuss the path to power, party instability, factionalism, and much more!

Works mentioned:

Booth, O. (2024). The Downfall of Boris Johnson: Analysing Patterns of Opinion among Conservative Parliamentarians in the Confidence Motion and Mass Resignations. Representation.

Booth et al. (2023). Selecting Sunak: Conservative MPs’ Nomination Preferences in the (Second) British Conservative Party Leadership Election. Parliamentary Affairs. Volume 77, Issue 3, July 2024, pp.450–469.

Heppell, T. & Booth, O. (2023) The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2016. In Roe-Crines, A. S. & Jeffery, D. (eds.) Statecraft: The Policies and Politics of Prime Minister Theresa May. (pp. 13-32). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Find Oli here:

• https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/pgr/1380/oliver-booth
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-booth-a48440188/?originalSubdomain=uk

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In this episode, we discuss Ustwo’s 2020 Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, a heartwarming exploration game in which you play a young girl who documents wildlife and strives to save the local nature reserve from being replaced by a luxury hotel while visiting her grandparents. Join us as we explore what Alba has to say about the trade-offs between economic growth and environmentalism, the power of community action, and the role of young people in changing the world.

Works mentioned:

• Figueres, C. and Rivett-Carna, T. 2020. The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
• Leston-Bandeira, C., 2019. Parliamentary petitions and public engagement: an empirical analysis of the role of e-petitions. Policy & Politics, 47(3), pp.415-436.
• Raworth, K. 2017. Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think like a 21st-Century Economist. London: Random House Business Books. See also: https://doughnuteconomics.org/about-doughnut-economics#what-is-the-doughnut
• https://www.museumfortheunitednations.com/

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