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My new column: How I learned to stop worrying about gamers
by Ian Bogost August 2, 2007
categories:
Casual Games
, Game Design
Gamasutra has published my latest "Persuasive Games" column, this one a response to Justin Peters' Slate article on educational games (previously discussed here on WCG), and a meditation on who players are, at least the ones I'm interested in.
I still have nothing but respect for my more traditional industry colleagues, but I’ve stopped worrying about impressing the games industry and its pundits. Or at least, I’ve stopped worrying about impressing them first.
Read the whole article over on Gamasutra.
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