Is driving safely scintillating or a snooze?

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Was reading in The New York Times this morning about the new advergame (God, I hate that term, but it is seemingly inescapable these days) Volvo Drive for Life and wondering whether the automaker could actually pull off making the game’s central premise fun. As the title suggests, the objective of the game is not to cruise a race car at breathtaking speed, while causing multiple traffic accidents and a smattering of fatal injuries, but to challenge players to drive safely.

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