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"Oregon Trail"-style game: ‘The Voter Suppression Trail’
Hat tip, DCist: In Oregon Trail-Style Game, Play As Voters Dealing With Suppression Tactics
by Rachel Kurzius in News on Nov 4, 2016 12:09 pm
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Interested in stepping into the shoes of someone voting in one of those other jurisdictions? The New York Times has outdone itself with "The Voter Suppression Trail," an interactive game designed in the style of classics like Oregon Trail. It's the first video game from the paper's op-doc series on the election.
You can play as three different characters:
[font size=1]Screenshot via The New York Times[/font].
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Interested in stepping into the shoes of someone voting in one of those other jurisdictions? The New York Times has outdone itself with "The Voter Suppression Trail," an interactive game designed in the style of classics like Oregon Trail. It's the first video game from the paper's op-doc series on the election.
You can play as three different characters:
[font size=1]Screenshot via The New York Times[/font].
‘The Voter Suppression Trail’
By CHRIS BAKER, BRIAN MOORE and MIKE LACHER NOV. 3, 2016
Find out if your vote can survive the great, flawed adventure of American democracy.
By CHRIS BAKER, BRIAN MOORE and MIKE LACHER NOV. 3, 2016
Find out if your vote can survive the great, flawed adventure of American democracy.