the artists involved wanted to make a point about a current issue or event. Serious games or political games, however, are nothing new. In 1996, Italian artist Antonio Riello – who calls himself “an ideas tamer. One of those who normally feed themselves in the contemporary art pasture” – designed a game titled Italiani Brava Gente (literally, Italians Good People) about “illegal” (i.e. unregulated) immigration. (via Interview: Antonio Riello & “Italiani Brava Gente” (1996) – gamescenes)