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NYTimes: Gaming the System
by Gonzalo Frasca September 3, 2006
categories: Advergames

It's really a nice feeling to open the newspaper on Sunday morning and find your friends on it. Ok, I didn't really open the paper but I did open the webpage :) The New York Times runs today a story -Gaming the System- about Ian's Disaffected! It also features Persuasive Games, the McDonald's Videogame, good ol' Georgia Tech along with some interesting questions about if Ian's Kinko's game is legally protected as parody. If it is not, you can always request asylum in Uruguay ;) Congrats Ian!

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Thanks Gonzalo!