New medium, old problem
WNET, however, described Flight to Freedom as “part of a growing body of ‘serious games‘ that immerses users in historical and contemporary problems in ways that encourage perspective-taking, discussion, and weighing multiple kinds of evidence.”
While the game does not cover “all the ills of slavery,” the station said, it does tell “ugly truths,” including “the work regimen of enslaved people, the inhumanity of bondage, the cruelty of abuse, the destruction to families, the physical consequences of disobedience, [and] the impact of psychological damage.”
It also aims to “humanize enslaved people” and portray “enslaved African-Americans with agency and personal power,” according to the statement.