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Summary: What would you expect from a video game inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s sojourn in the woods? In <a href="http://waldengame.com/"><em>Walden, a game</em></a><em>,</em> players can contemplate the forest, go boating with Ralph Waldo Emerson, and practice civil disobedience. The game was developed by the <a href="http://www.gameinnovationlab.com/">Game Innovation Lab</a> at the University of Southern California. <a href="http://www.tracyfullerton.co">Lab Director Tracy Fullerton</a> explains why she thinks Thoreau might have liked the game. <br>In the Spiel, our faith in the military might not be blind, but it is blinkered.