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Persuasive Games among This Year's Hot Toys, for the green anyway
by Ian Bogost November 23, 2006
categories: General

We've stopped posting press coverage here, for fear that it will just look like self-aggrandizement, but every now and then there's something worth sharing with our readers here.

Here's such a one. I found out today that The Green Guide, which bills itself as a "green living source for today's conscious consumer," has listed Persuasive Games work on its list of This Year's Hot Toys. Now, you can't box 'em up and put them under the tree, but if you want a (100% recycled) giftbox with a CD in it, just let me know :)

Comments (1)

Congrats! As a subscriber to "the green guide" and an interested reader of the watercooler, I'm glad this connection was made. Keep up the good work at Pursuasive. I'm hopeful to begin incorperating some of your games into the curriculum at my school.

Andrew Gardner on November 26, 2006 7:07 PM