Praise Zeus

April, 2007

Games that give you something to think about as you twitchNot all video games are about saving the princess or powering up; some leap from mere entertainment to political statements. These so-called newsgames offer serious points about topics from airport security to the McDonaldization of the world. Here's a sampling.THE ARCADE WIRE: AIRPORT SECURITY(addictjnggames . c o m / a i r p o r t security.html) From Ian Bogost, Georgia Tech's master of agenda games, this title has you manag­ing an angr...