PUBLIC MARKS from bcpbcp with tags "serious games" & "blog post"

"Last week gamesblog covered Persuasive Games' latest release Airport Insecurity, "a game about inconvenience and the tradeoffs between security and rights in American airports". I grabbed Ian Bogost, one half of the company (and one-half of the blog watercoolergames) to explain exactly what he means by "serious games"."

"... I think once games become serious they turn into mere systems in the same way that porn becomes a medical illustration once it ceases stimulating you."