Videogames: A New Way of Doing Journalism
A newsgame is an application of journalism in videogame form.
Journalism has embraced digital media in its struggle for reinvention. But most online journalism just translates existing practices to the Web. Games work differently: they simulate how things work by constructing interactive models. Newsgames can persuade, inform, and titillate; make information interactive; recreate a historical event; put news content into a puzzle; teach journalism; and build a community.
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