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Mar 18, 2024

A video game where the only violence is in the economics

Made in Detroit, the interactive video game Dot’s Home takes users through a generations-long cycle of housing discrimination. Plus, Apple is in talks with Google for a potential AI integration.

Dot's Home lead writer and narrative desiger Evan Narcisse. — Dot's Home lead writer and narrative desiger Evan Narcisse.
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Video game Dot’s Home brings a story of housing injustice to life
by David Brancaccio and Erika Soderstrom
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The interactive game lets players follow one family’s account of disadvantage and discrimination through the generations.

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