Web game as political argument: September 12th

Aaron Delwiche notes September 12th, a Web-based game simulating concretely the concept of responding to terrorists within a civilian population.

The restrictions on play make an argument, much as those in Gulf War 2 or Newsgaming's earlier Madrid bombing victims tribute game.  I'm also reminding of the impending Kerry in Vietnam game.   As Gee points out, games teach.

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[misuba]

I'm pretty sure the release of September 12th predates both the Madrid bombing and the Madrid bombing game. Its launch was pretty high-profile in gaming news circles... which is too bad; it would've been nice if the first game to bring the concept of game as political cartoon to the public's attention had been a smarter, more incisive, less reductive political cartoon.