Aram Zucker-Scharff

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Watergate: The Video Game

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Journalists: It’s the game you’ve always wanted to play. Forget finding Carmen Sandiego. In Watergate: The Video Game, you’re on the hunt to expose Richard Nixon’s corruption. Here, the real sleuthing happens through interviews, document acquisition and hard-hitting reporting. This is the best way to celebrate the Pulitzer Prize that the Washington Post received 40 years ago today for its coverage of the Watergate scandal.

FJP: I like the 8-bit glory of it all. — Michael

If we’re a little bleary-eyed tomorrow, it’s because we’ve spent all night investigating Watergate. 

This is basically what we’ve all been waiting for.