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Liberal Groups Call for Left Behind Boycott
The BBC has an interesting story up on the furor surrounding the release of Christian video game Left Behind: Eternal Forces. An alliance of liberal groups is trying to get Wal-Mart, among other retailers, to stop selling the game. More »
super columbine massacre rpg
Columbine Game Creator Does Radio
Ian Bogost points out that Super Columbine Massacre RPG creator Danny LeDonne, who I've written quite a bit about, was recently on San Diego public radio (KPBS) to talk about violent videogames. More »
newsgaming
New Newsgame Tackles Airport Security
Ian Bogost reports that his studio, Persuasive Games, recently inked a deal with Shockwave.com and Addicting Games to create a series of Newsgames that try to provide some level of analysis of current news through the medium of relatively quickly produced games. More »
advergaming
Subverting Advergaming
The New York TImes' Rob Walker put together a very interesting story that looks at subversive, anti-advergames. Yes, I know, that doesn't sound like that could be interesting, but Walker found a law professor who is writing a paper about people who subvert the messages of advertising to make them into negative messages. Fordham University law professor Sonia Katyal calls it semiotic disobedience. More »
new york times
NYT on Agenda Gaming
I admit it, I have a bit of a man-crush on Clive Thompson. But who wouldn't? He gets to write about video games for the likes of Wired Magazine and the Grey Lady and also churns out thoughtful introspective gaming pieces on his personal blog. He's like the Lester Bangs of video gaming. More »
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