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A Gaming War Between Islam and the West?
The Washington Post has up an article looking at a burgeoning venue for political expression: gaming. Between 'The Quest for Bush', Counter-Strike mods, and more serious titles with a political slant, the political arena is quickly claiming gamers for their own. It's not just politics either; there are some excellent titles being released that attempt some truly insightful social commentary. From the article: "'UnderAsh,' released by Afkar Media in 2002, views the first intifada from the eyes of Ahmad, a Palestinian teenager resisting the Israeli occupation. Last year a sequel was released. A teaser to 'UnderSiege,' which tells the stories of five Palestinian families during the second intifada, shows a Palestinian teenager being shot on the street; an Israeli soldier appears to pound him with a concrete block seconds later. 'Our games are not propaganda,' Kasmiya says. 'Our games are a reflection of our history -- past or present. The fact is, most movies, most TV shows, most video games put Muslims in a bad light, so we have to try to tell our side of the story.'" Commentary from GamePolitics is also available.
We'd totally pwn them on their Commodore-64's.
'Ethically Killed Tofurkey'
Do you ethnically cleanse the curds during the cooking process?
Where were you when the voynix came?
BTW just so you know, Israel has *200* UN resolutions against them.
Indeed, the UN is extremely antisemitic.
"Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking
No can do, I'm getting married soon.
Really, is it just me, or does this sound like a Leisure Suit Larry title?
Good judgment comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgment.
And heat vision.
"In the final stage, you fight Bush."
I think I played this one and it's really sort of anti-climactic. You fight your way through vast hordes of defenders to get to the final stage only to find that instead of fighting Bush you're facing an empty F-102 sitting on a tarmac in Texas.
*rimshot*
... when the main social ill of Palestinian youth is their predilection for virtual violence.
Help poke pirates in the eyepatch, arr.