Planetdeath Disease: The Anthropocene in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri and Disco Elysium
Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media
Published online on February 11, 2026
Abstract
Games and Culture, Ahead of Print.
How do games articulate discourses of climate crisis? The article compares a particular discourse of climate change—the Anthropocene—in two digital games: the 4X strategy gameSid Meier's Alpha Centauri(1999) and the computer roleplaying gameDisco ...
How do games articulate discourses of climate crisis? The article compares a particular discourse of climate change—the Anthropocene—in two digital games: the 4X strategy gameSid Meier's Alpha Centauri(1999) and the computer roleplaying gameDisco ...