Disaffected Puts Gamers Into Real Life

The Guardian Gamesblog writes of a new Persuasive Games game called 'Disaffected'. The title puts you into the shoes of a Kinkos employee to discover why real-life minimum-wage employees are often so miserable. From the article: "It presents a very simplistic premise, and one which may offend both Kinkos and the employees themselves. As a casual game, it can't get as deep into the sociohistorical aspects that dog underpaid, under-trained and often under-age employees of US national corporations that Eric Schlosser's books Fast Food Nation or Reefer Madness expose, but it's an interesting scat on the seemingly pervasive branded advergames that have taken over."

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Advergames? That's a new one...

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but it's an interesting scat on the seemingly pervasive branded advergames that have taken over.

For perspective, I wonder if the submitter believes that America's Army is an "advergame".

The common understanding seemes to be that such games are of low quality and value, but does that necessarily have to be the case?