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Political games in the Guardian
by Ian Bogost May 13, 2004
categories: Political Games

Today the Guardian published a great story on videogames with a political message, by Jim McClellan. The article features Gonzalo and me, the Howard Dean for Iowa Game and September 12, as well as the cool folks at New Grounds and Molleindustria.

(one typo in the article, which I'll clarify for our readers: "Last year, Gonzalo and Frasca created a web-based game for Howard Dean's nomination campaign." should read "Last year, Bogost and Frasca..." Gonzalo's sometimes beside himself, but not quite that much...)

Comments (3)

I beg to differ! It should read "Gonzalo and Ian" and not "Bogost and Frasca"! ;)

Lol, okay if you insist. But now that's officially Dr. Ian to you, mr. man ;)

Ian Bogost on May 14, 2004 12:36 AM

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