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Political games in the Guardian
by Ian Bogost May 13, 2004
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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...)
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