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What would a BBC "public service game" look like?

Cory Doctorow at 4:43 am Sun, Apr 16, 2006

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Alice on the Wonderland blog gives a British spin on this week's earlier post on what a "Corporation for Public Games" -- a PBS for MMORPGs -- would look like. Alice talks about what the BBC does, what it's supposed to do, and why and how a BBC-run virtual world would work if it was to fulfil the Beeb's remit to "educate, inform and entertain."
If the BBC were to stand up and proclaim that it were to produce 'public service games' from here on in, it would be a disaster. What a horrible thought. Does it proclaim that it produces public service drama? No it doesn't. How about public service Doctor Who, or public service Strictly Come Dancing? Public Service Teletubbies?
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