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Gr 9 Up—The year is 1949. A flickering black-and-white newsreel announces that the "Public Culture" bill has just passed, requiring all independent newspapers—including the Westport Independent—to toe the Loyalist government's line and diminish rebel sympathies. In this lo-fi, dot matrix—inspired postwar universe, the gamer's role is that of a news editor in an economically stratified industrial city, who oversees a handful of journalists. Players operate from an aerial view of the editor's desk: there is mail from both rebels and government, and a file of articles to choose from to assign to writers. Decisions include what articles to give to which j...Log In or Sign Up to Read More