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Games as Journalism
Brian Train
CONNECTIONS-UK
Kings College London
5 September 2018
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Objectives of journalism:
• to inform
• to educate
• to criticize
• to persuade
Genres of newsgame:
• editorial
• infographics
• documentary
• puzzle
• media literacy
• community
• platform
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Ur-newsgames
“editorial cartoon”
• genres: editorial, infographic, media literacy
• critical > analytical
• social or political conflicts
• often parodic or satirical
• simple mechanics or variant of well-known game
• wide audience
“weekend edition special feature”
• genres: documentary, infographic, platform
• analytical > critical
• overt social or armed conflicts
• simulation/validation via data and modelling
• relatively complex/demanding mechanics
• narrower and more involved audience
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Jeu de la Révolution française tracé sur le plan du jeu d'oie renouvelé des Grecs.
(1791)
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Le jeu de l’oie du General Boulanger (1889)
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Pank-a-Squith (1909)
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Gioccho delle 3 Oche (1945)
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Occupation (1941?)
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Welfare Monopoly (1971)
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Blacks and Whites (1970)
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Political print-and-play games from BGG.com
#Occupy Boardwalk Run, Hippy! Run!
Bastards, Inc. Austerity
Free At Last
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TerrorBull print-and-play games
Bullshit Plug Our Sonovabitch
In It Together Mosqopoly
“TerrorBull Games are on a mission to rediscover and resurrect the forgotten tradition of using board games to tackle real life dilemmas. Games used to be a tool of understanding, a prism through which to interrogate the world - a fun tool, but a tool nevertheless. Now they're all about trading sheep or wooing princesses.” -- TerrorBull Games Manifesto, 2015
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• Simulations Publications Incorporated (SPI), 300+ wargames 1969-82
• Strategy & Tactics magazine (1969 -), first periodical with both analytical articles and a game in each issue
James F. Dunnigan
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Up Against The Wall, Motherfucker! (1969)
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then-current events
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the frightening future
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A Reign of Missiles (2012)
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Ukrainian Crisis (2014)
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“If you can play them, you can design them.” (also Dunnigan)
Black-Boxing Syndrome (Dunnigan)