Creators Put Politics Into Video Games

Iria · Jan 21, 2007, 06:06 AM

Source: Breitbart.com
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Ian Bogost takes some of the fun out of video games _ and replaces it with opinion. The Georgia Institute of Technology professor creates games _ or "playable editorial cartoons," as he calls them _ that are packed with political messages.

One he created just after liquids were banned from carryon baggage pits players as a frustrated airport screener faced with an ever- changing set of rules. Another challenges gamers to double the price of crude oil by afflicting a fantasy land with a series of natural disasters.

Jan 21, 2007, 06:06 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Creators Put Politics Into Video Games Source: Breitbart.com _________ ATLANTA (AP) -- Ian Bogost takes some of the fun out of video games _ and replaces it with opinion. The Georgia Institute of Technology professor creates games _ or "playable editorial cartoons," as he calls them _ that are packed with political messages. One he created just after liquids were banned from carryon baggage pits players as a frustrated airport screener faced with an ever- changing set of rules. Another challenges gamers to double the price of crude oil by afflicting a fantasy land with a series of natural disasters.