The rise of politically charged video games

• Autores: Chris Baraniuk
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3098, 2016, pág. 23
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Chris Baker, a former creative director at news and entertainment Web site BuzzFeed, launched GOP Arcade with friends this year. The site's series of satirical mini-games pokes fun at conservative attitudes in the US, and more than a million people have played the games so far. The most popular title, Thoughts & Prayers, asks the gamer to tap one button to "think" and another to "pray" alternately during a spree of mass shootings. It's a darkly comic comment on the rhetoric on gun control that follows real-life tragedies. The rise of politically minded games has been facilitated by tools such as Construct 2 and Twine, which allow incite developers to turn out games in days, or even hours--ensuring that they can stay on top of the news cycle.