Games with a coscience (Just Bru)

Games with a coscience0

Posted by Bru April 22, 2004 7:34 PM

Found this very interesting article on Wired News about a game called september 12th.

The very interesting bit is that this new game is not about onslaught and hate and so on... well, at least not in the meaning of its makers: the idea is that you have a lot of arabs walking a through their town and a few terrorists among them... you can shoot missiles at them, but doing so you'll eventually kill some civilian. Many more civilian will then come mourning the dead one, eventually turning into terrorists themselves.

Very interesting article, and good game. Take a look at it.

You may find also interesting to have a look at newsgaming.com. It's the home of the people who wrote the game mentioned above. From their main page:

We are a team of independent game developers who believe video games are not simply an amusement.

Games and simulations can also make us think about what is going on in this world.

Periodically, we will use games and simulations to analyze, debate, comment and editorialize major international news.

Come and join us.

Play with fire.