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Opinion: The Bulldog and the Pegasus
[The clash over “copycat” social games is complex — so let’s try to sort it out with some analogues to Greek mythology. Game designer and Georgia Tech professor Ian Bogost offers his take.] In Greek mythology, Bellerophon is the hero who tamed the Pegasus. He used the winged horse as a mount to defeat the Chimaera, a monster with the heads of a lion, goat, and snake that breathed fire and devoured villagers. Bellerophon’s many …
