The Power Of Games

In my lecture today it was suggested that games could be the future of journalism. Philip Trippenbach suggested that people can learn about news issues through playing games. Personally i disagree with this, Trippenbach suggests that games involve people in the issue which means they will understand it more. I agree that being involved in the story will make you understand it more but i can't see games being the main platform for this.

For people to play games they must be interesting and entertaining, but can you make an interesting game about the financial crisis? Personally I don't think you can. Yes it will work for some subjects, and yes it will appeal to a certain audience but I disagree that it will become one of the most powerful forms of journalism.