Ok, so this idea probably won't save journalism, but its certainly a unique idea that will get a large population educated about current events and maybe get them interested in journalism. I think it would be cool to see a video game developer that made small games, possibly for the computer and/or mobile devices, based off real news stories and current events. The idea came to me last week when we were discussing our ideas to save journalism, and someone had the idea to "songify" news stories. So why can't the same idea be put towards video games?
It would be impossible to make games everyday, so the games that would be developed would have to be based off memorable news stories. There could be racing games, role playing games, puzzle games, etc. There are so many types of news stories that the possibilities could be endless.
The development team would also have to have a small team of reporters to do some extra reporting to get some great narrative detail, and they would probably be the ones to choose which stories could be made into games. Certain stories have the potential to make great games, but would they be ethical? That's a big question the reporters would have to ask.
I think this idea actually has some potential. The gaming and news populations are huge, so why not try to combine them? Video game journalism exists, so journalism video games could exist too. The quality of the games would obviously determine the success of such a business venture, though. I really like this idea, so I may try to pursue this as my project for the class. I'll keep you all updated.
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