Mechanical Ideology: A Political Compass of Games

Update! 16 June 2021 Whoops! A bug has caused all previous charts to be flipped. Try it out again if youd like. All comments below, imagine they are flipped 180, so where Competitive Chess would have been libertarian left, it is now authoritarian right. Below are some thoughts in relation to the quiz above relating game mechanics to political systems. If the game that you tested does not result in the ideology mentioned below, you may need to think about how you described the game in the quiz. Its not my fault if your favorite game is fascist. If you think its my fault, this game & writing is ...