It seems strange -- even counter-intuitive -- but as one of my history professors used to say, learning history is five percent memorizing dates, times, and other facts, and 95 percent interpreting what you actually think happened. It's hardly a science. That's why CounterSpy, a PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita side-scrolling espionage game from developer Dynamighty hit home with me, at least when it comes to its bold subject matter. It makes no biased judgments, and it chooses no winners and losers. The real threat of nuclear war was perpetually scary, yet CounterSpy makes light of the era in unique ways by focusing on the Cold War's overall absurdity.
CounterSpy may take place during the heart of the Cold War, but unlike most historical fiction written by the victors, it hates both sides equally. It refuses to even call the opposing nations by their actual names. Instead, the Americans are the Imperialists and the Soviets are the Socialists. This is a not-so-subtle ode to the way the two sides thought about one another, and it's an ingenious way to reduce decades-long smoldering into tight caricatures.
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