Ian Bogost summarizes the principles of newsgames and then offers two related but conflicting perspectives on its role in the future of newsmaking.
Podcast: Celia Pearce, “Identity-as-Place: Fictive Ethnicities in Online Games & Virtual Worlds”
Celia Pearce, exploring the connection of identity to virtual place and the “Uru Diaspora,” a game community from the defunct MMOG “Uru: Ages Beyond Myst”.