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Storytelling 2.0: Exploring the news game

By Ian Bogost

10 November 2010

Video games can be more than just entertainment – they may be the future of journalism, says Ian Bogost

PICTURE a bunch of journalists. What do they look like? What stories do they tell? The beat reporter records events from afar, bringing the world to your recliner. The sleuth uncovers injustice, revealing the corruption of the crooked and the greedy. The television personality summarises off-the-cuff remarks about local issues from people on the street.

All of these stories focus on people, places and events. They take complicated issues and package them in manageable chunks with identifiable characters. They cover what every…

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