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[ADVERTISING CAN BE A GAME. BUT IT’S NO JOKE. THEN IT’S CALLED AN ADVERGAME..]

Written by josh on June 28, 2010 — Leave a Comment

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission released a video game designed to teach American tweens (ages 8-12) how to recognize and critically consume (not just downright ignore) the barrage of daily advertising tossed at their snotty faces. All of this happens through a customizable avatar (kitty mask? robot head?) between series of sequentially harder run [...]

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