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Truth Invaders October 30, 2008 - by Ian Bogost From Tax Invaders to Pork Invaders, the classic coin-op Space Invaders has been a popular source for political game reskinning. Here's yet another one, but with a twist. Truth Invaders refashions the game's aliens as factually inaccurate statements from both Presidential campaigns. As the player destroys these, segments of the sentences reveal the factually accurate version of the statement. Interestingly, the game also offers a disclosure statement about its own bias, although its method of citing sources is a bit vague. POST A COMMENT
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