Without massive cuts in entitlements, which are not likely to happen in whatever deal the politicians come up with, the economy in 2013 will either continue to limp along or actually go into reverse depending upon how high taxes are raised.
In the article, I point out that Carson Block has decided to go after a much larger and politically well-connected target in Focus Media compared to his past reverse-merger targets.
In many cases, games with a particular educational or social mission have tended instead to go the reverse route, starting with the message and then building a game around it.