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Fiction

Philosophy: The Video Game

Shannon Kincaid test drives.

The latest release by Dialectic Games has stunning visuals on every platform (from PSP to Xbox), and it is that rare game which effectively combines aggressive gaming with intellectual challenge. You won’t make it through this game if you can’t think and fight.

While the single player ‘quick’ missions are a lot of fun (Leibniz battling his way through the ‘Best of All Possible Worlds’), the multiplayer games are awesome. If you can imagine Zeno and Heraclitus in the Ring of Paradox, you get the idea.

But it is in Philosopher Career Mode that the action really begins.

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