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Underground Railroad Video Game Tells The Whole Story [History]
kotaku.com - 7/13/2009
Underground Railroad Video Game Tells The Whole Story [History]
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After ages of misrepresentation in books, films, and television, Norfolk University history professor Cassandra Newby-Alexander wants to tell the true story of the slave-liberating Underground Railroad using a video game. " The underground Railroad was a much more complex issue that it's been ...
gamepolitics.com - 7/13/2009
Underground Railroad Game Funded by National Endowment for Humanities
— gamepolitics.com — The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a $100,000 grant to a Norfolk University history professor... to develop a video game which tells the tale of the Underground Railroad . Prof. Cassandra Newby-Alexander said that the history of the ... (more) Underground Railroad Game Funded by National Endowment ...

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Exclusive Leigh Alexander Interview
digitalgigolo.blogspot.com - 7/12/2009
Exclusive Leigh Alexander Interview
— digitalgigolo.blogspot.com — Leigh Alexander is the gorgeous game journo behind the hugely popular Sexy Videogameland. She is also the... news director at Gamasutra and writes a monthly column for Kotaku. To help celebrate Digital Gigolo’s 1st birthday, Leigh has kindly agreed to answer some cringe-inducing questions. Those ... (more) Exclusive Leigh Alexander Interview

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Underground Railroad Game Funded by National Endowment for Humanities
GamePolitics News — ... have nothing to lose, that's when you create a formidable enemy. Ultimately, human beings are going to be free. When you ask people to describe the Underground Railroad, they think of Harriet Tubman on foot, with a gun. Most slaves didn't escape that way. I don't want to dumb-down the game. Newby-Alexander is working with a local playwright to create a script for the game, which is expected for PC in 2011. Via: Kotaku

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