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Gaming Cafe Scene In Iraq Illustrated

Posted by simoniker on from the worldwide-phenomenon dept.

Otter writes "An Iraqi weblog has a series of pictures of the gaming cafe scene in Baghdad. Lots of Counter-Strike and Medal of Honor, apparently." The photographer also uses the comments to respond to questions about the lack of women in the pictures: "The reason you don't see women at these places is that Iraqi women (at least my age) don't have that much interest in gaming... Another thing is that I'm a bit cautious about photographing women due to cultural issues and misunderstandings they might get me wrong and think I'm using the pics for... err 'other purposes'." We previously reported on earlier comments about gaming in Iraq.

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  1. PS2s by Rubbersoul · · Score: 3, Funny

    So that is why they wanted all those PS 2s. Here we thought they were building bombs and such, but in fact it was for kids to play games. Boy we feel silly for invading the country now.

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    1. Re:PS2s by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, Half-Life is just practice for getting to and from work/school.

  2. Just goes to show their cooperation. by Rayonic · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean, if the Iraqis were really resisting the coalition forces, our troops would all be dead from their l33t AWP sniping skillz.

    "OMFG! HEADSHOT?! STFU, CH34TER!!!"

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  3. It has to be said... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    "Terrorists Win"

  4. Terrorists! by nepheles · · Score: 4, Funny

    Counter Strike? Oh My God, people -- these people really are involved in terrorism!

    Nice to know this war is now justified. I can just picture Colin Powell in the UN with another glitzy PowerPoint presentation showing these pictures.

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  5. Re:No room for Gamecube? by NEOtaku17 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Would find them on P2P? I find them on P2P all the time. Ever heard of eMule or used Bittorrent? PS2 games are ripe for the picking. They are everywhere! But then again that's on my internet. What about yours?

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  6. Virtual WMD by mattwarden · · Score: 2, Funny

    What they don't realize is that they are actually controlling robots who are searching their country for WMDs.

  7. No women by aliens · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, there are no women because it's just in Iraq that girls don't really get that into gaming.

    That's the ticket, continue to believe that in the West girls far out number guys at our gaming cafes. That's one way to make young geeky Iraqi teens want to be more like us. ::)

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