Orson Scott Card’s novel Ender’s Game was published in 1985, and follows the story of a young boy (Andrew “Ender” Wiggin) who somewhat unwittingly leads humanity’s war against the alien “Buggers” by playing what appear to be nothing but very elaborate video games in a military academy called the “Battle School.” It turns out, of course, that the games are really an interface with humanity’s real-life military forces; Ender eventually defeats the Buggers by destroying the alien homeworld and, effectively, committing xecocide.
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