Comments on: Political cartoons? Nah! Games!

By: nah nah

nah nah — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:54:38 +0000

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By: Water Cooler Games - CNN Gets in the (News)game

Water Cooler Games - CNN Gets in the (News)game — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:33:43 +0000

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By: Raph

Raph — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:29:37 +0000

Wait, being put into, or used by the New York Times, is the marking of “capable of higher expression“.

No, no... we always knew games were capable of it (it's not like these newsgames are new). But having a mainstream media outlet recognize it means that to some degree society can see games as capable of higher expression.

By: Ola Fosheim Grøstad

Ola Fosheim Grøstad — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:59:11 +0000

If U.S. newpapers are going the same way as Norwegian ones they probably try to turn their net-editions into something fresh and eye-catching out of despair… trying to capture the new generations… So I don’t share your optimism for the recognition of “new art-forms”. Media-houses should be desperate in an age where they can be outperformed by blogs and wikipedias. And I think they are.

Still, fun to see new opportunities for interactive applications!!

By: Trucegore

Trucegore — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:36:23 +0000

Wait, being put into, or used by the New York Times, is the marking of “capable of higher expression“.

Ok.

By: Steven Davis

Steven Davis — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:01:48 +0000

It is worth noting that traditional newspapers used to run a variety of games (at least in the late 19th century)... and, of course, they still do with crosswords and Sudoku. Most were variants on what we would now call "The Game of Life"(TM?) from a game design perspective, but they were often used for political and social commentary. Newspaper Game Image Another sample

By: Ian Bogost

Ian Bogost — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:57:56 +0000

Thanks Raph. I’m super excited about this, and I’m looking forward to doing more of it. I think there’s a ton of improvements we can make, of course, but that’s part of the excitement — really having the opportunity to build out this genre in a venue that can make it matter.