Archanoid, an arcade game based on Breakout ( Arkanoid) which describes the destruction of over 500 historical buildings in Moscow.1000 Days of Syria, a hypertext-based historical fiction game timelining the first 1000 days of the Syrian conflict.Snowden Run 3D, a game based on the events surrounding NSA leaker Edward Snowden.Filosofighters, a journalistic game that explains basic philosophy concepts.Jogo da Máfia, a Brazilian game that explains how globalized mafia works.Bacteria Salad, a game about the spinach E.Darfur is Dying, a game about the crisis of refugees in Darfur.September 12th, a game about civilian casualties in the war on terror.Madrid, a game about memorializing the Madrid bombings.Sock and Awe, a game where you fling shoes at George W., a game exploring the Syrian Civil war that started in March 2011 which was refused by Apple's App Store and created a debate around the role of games, news and their distribution as a result.
NarcoGuerra, a game based on the War on Drugs and Mexican Drug War released in June 2013.Syrian Journey puts players in the role of a Syrian refugee who just sold all of their possessions.The Good, The Bad and The Accountant players are the general manager of a city and have to juggle corruption.The Voter Suppression Trail is a simulation game which highlights the issues in the American voting system.Simulates the role of an investigative journalist who is working against a timeline to learn as much information about the Syrian War as possible. Īccording to "Newsgames: Journalism at Play," written by newsgame innovators Ian Bogost, Simon Ferrari, and Bobby Schweizer, the authors define newsgames as “a term that names a broad body of work produced at the intersection of videogames and journalism.” This includes a number of subcategories that dive into different ways to incorporate gaming elements into journalistic work, whether they be long-form documentary news games ( JFK Reloaded), games that simulate real-world systems ( Sweatshop or Darfur is Dying), interactive infographics ( Budget Hero), electronic literature ( 1000 Days of Syria), or quiz/puzzle-based games ( Scoople). Miguel Sicart describes them as games that "utilize the medium with the intention of participating in the public debate". They can also be thought of as the video game equivalent of political cartoons. This genre of game is usually based on real concepts, issues, or stories, but the games can also be a hybrid representation of the original research, offering players a fictional experience based on real-world sources. Journalists use newsgames to expand on stories so the audience can learn more about the information from in an immersive way. Newsgames can provide context into complex situations which might be hard to explain without experiencing the situation first hand. They can fall into multiple categories, including current events, documentary, simulations of systems, and puzzle and quiz games. Newsgames, also known as news games, are a genre of video games that attempt to apply journalistic principles to their creation.