Stop disasters 2.0: Video games as tools for Disaster Risk Reduction

This article presents a typology specifically designed to deconstruct both disaster awareness building and mainstream disastdisaster-orientateder orientated video games, identifying how games like Stop Disasters, Disaster Watch, Inside Haiti, Earthquake Response, Fallout and SimCity instil disaster awareness, portray hazards, vulnerabilities, capacities, disasters and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). The article also touches upon ideas of game content, player motivation, skill-building and social interaction in the context of disastedisaster-themedr themed video games. The findings suggest video games have the potential to be positive tools to reinforce messages surrounding DRR.