No news hoax like the Great Moon Hoax

On Aug. 25, 1835, the New York Sun newspaper published the first in a series of articles about new life and an established civilization dwelling on Earth's moon.

These wholly fabricated stories talked about goat people, temple-building man bats, unicorns, and two-legged beavers.

Popular journalism's come such a long way, hasn't it?

Knee Deep, the indie swamp noir adventure on Steam, is both a celebration and a wake for old and new journalism - from ever-declining print newspapers to ubiquitous but often poorly sourced blogs.

Two of the game's central characters work as reporters. Jack Bellet, a curmudgeonly print journalist, writes for the Cypress Knee Notice. Romana Teague, a flaky blogger, posts for a gossip blog called Fanrage.

During the game, players get to choose facts and spins for the stories produced as the adventure moves along.

Some of them might even be true.