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Lumines + Inconvenient Truth = ?
by Ian Bogost April 18, 2007
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Public Policy Games
According to Joystiq, Lumines creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi is reportedly working on an environmentalism "not-game" about environmental issues. A "not-game," in Mizuguchi's words: "It's not going to be a video game. The concept derives from video games, and its something which the gaming generation will appreciate."
Hmm. We'll have to wait to hear more.
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