Shopping for Trump Officials? This New Video Game Makes Players Work Together to Escape Prison

It hasn't even been a month since Donald Trump held a meeting about violence in video games in an attempt to distract from gun control, but the industry is already making efforts to reach out to the administration (and, indeed, to Republicans generally). It's nothing new for video game companies to play up their product's educational qualities whenever they're criticized for depicting violence, but generally speaking, bespoke educational games are reserved for the military. It seems designed not only to educate Trump administration officials about the industry they've been maligning, but also to teach them practical, real-world skills they'll soon need. As we've all seen over the past year, there are several reasons Trump administration officials are having a hard time achieving their personal and professional goals: A Way Out cunningly addresses all three problems. As one of a pair of convicts, players learn planning, cooperation, and, above all, how to escape from prison.