April 22, 2004

Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?

by Nick Montfort · , 11:11 am

An article at Wired News, “Playing Games with a Conscience”, begins with a quote from Noah and also quotes Gonzolo Frasca and Ian Bogost. The result is a good comment on how games can be more complex than a list of hate-promoting website and computer games might lead you to believe, and can work for tolerance as much as hatred. (Not to mention a critical perspective…) The only thing missing is mention of the obvious tolerance-and-understanding-promoting website, Grand Text Auto.

One Response to “Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?”


  1. Water Cooler Games Says:
    Wired on Political Games
    Wired News ran a nice article today on Playing Games with a Conscience, featuring quotes from myself, Gonzalo, and Noah Wardrip-Fruin, our friend from the field and Grand Text Auto. The article features Gonzalo’s September 12 as well as Educational…

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