Oil God is a 2006 newsgame created by Persuasive Games dealing with the relationship between the gas prices at the pump and the way the oil industry works.

[1][2] It has been likened to a simpler version of the strategy game Black & White.

[3] The lead designer was Ian Bogost.

[4] The reception was mediocre; James Ransom-Wiley of Engadget called it "a crude experience, pumped with superficial cynicism [that] fails to deliver "news" about the real world oil biz.

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