The in-game home screen for ‘Liyla and The Shadows of War’ which follows a Palestinian family as they navigate the Gaza Strip under Israeli bombardment.
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Role-playing games that take players into the lives of their characters can help us empathize with the very real suffering of others experiencing war and other disasters.
The tabletop role-playing game scene once epitomized by ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ has seen new game genres emerge where people experiment and play with solutions to structural inequalities.
Casinos can make gambling away next month’s rent feel like playing a game.
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Robinhood’s trading app uses features commonly found in video games and casinos to make investing more fun, which also obscures the real risks involved.
A university class included a game that simulated aspects of the experience people like these would-be immigrants can expect in the U.S.
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As Netflix plans additional choose-your-own-adventure TV movies, a game designer explains how they’re made and the long history of audience-directed fiction.