Oil God
Developer(s)Persuasive Games
Release2006
Genre(s)Strategy game
Mode(s)Single-player

Oil God is a 2006 newsgame created by Persuasive Games dealing with the relationship between the gas prices at the pump and the way the oil industry works.[1][2] It has been likened to a simpler version of the strategy game Black & White.[3] The lead designer was Ian Bogost.[4] The reception was mediocre; James Ransom-Wiley of Engadget called it "a crude experience, pumped with superficial cynicism [that] fails to deliver "news" about the real world oil biz."[4]

References

  1. ↑ Stuart, Keith (26 October 2006). "The 10 political games everyone should play". the Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Video Games for the Mind". NPR.org. 17 May 2007.
  3. ↑ Flanagan, Mary (2009). Critical play: radical game design. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. p. 248. ISBN 9780262258197.
  4. 1 2 Ransom-Wiley, J. (19 October 2006). "Oil God spills on to internet". Engadget.
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