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In These Games, the Points Are All Political
bettiwettiwoo writes "A New York Times article (free reg. req.) highlights a new trend in games, and political marketing: openly political games. Both Republicans and Democrats are developing games with political messages, albeit using slightly different strategies. A featured developer, Persuasive Games, is open about their not-so-objective objective: 'We design, build, and distribute electronic games for persuasion, instruction, and activism.' But would that be declared on the games so produced? And would it matter if it did? In such times of artful manipulation, it is actually quite a relief to find that not all politicos are sophisticated high tech geeks: the Long Island Political Network invites you to play... Tic Tac Toe."
wow what a game. It's like michael moore's films, much easier to get a point accross when you ignore facts that go contrary to what you want everyone else to believe.
What happend to just killing stuff or just talking about technology, Wired and Slashdot have cranked up the liberal political noise to quite a high level, so high that I almost can't hear any intelligent ideas or concepts that may be hiding behind some of the rhetoric...
Onward to the Aether Sphere!