Tournament: Vanderbilt | Round: 6 | Opponent: Florida FL | Judge: Jonathan Shane
Neoliberalism has dominated all modes of thought – Metal Gear solid 4 demonstrates this domination in its opening sequence
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Dennis, Doctor of Philosophy in Communications in the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012, “VIDEOGAME CULTURE AS TRANSNATIONAL MEDIA: ONE NEOLIBERALISM, MANY RESISTANCES,” University of Illinois at Urbana-Chappaign pp:73-6

This debate and deliberation is key to exploring the videogame commons and challenging neoliberal control over ideology.
Redmond Concludes
Dennis, Doctor of Philosophy in Communications in the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012, “VIDEOGAME 

Prefer our procedural approach - status quo is just a collection of snapshots being sent back and forward.
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Voting affirmative is a disruption of neoliberalist war powers through the thought experiment of Metal Gear Solid 4. The role of the
affirmative should be to rethink the way that we engage in war.
Video games allow us to question political systems, social and cultural practices. They need to be used as argumentative practice in debating
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Bogost, Ian. “The Rhetoric of Video Games." The Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and Learning. Edited by Katie Salen.

The public space of debate is a critical arena to question neoliberalism and reclaim our agency