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Data Dealer is Disastrous

On July 15, 2013 By Christian SandvigIn Commentary2 Comments

(or, Unfortunately, Algorithms Sound Boring.) Finally, a video game where you get to act like a database! This morning, the print version of the New York Times profiled the Kickstarter-funded game "Data Dealer." The game is a browser-based single-player farming-style clicker with a premise that the player "turns data into cash" by playing the role of …

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