While Leaders Hold Peace Summit, Israeli & Palestinian Citizens Try to Solve Dispute thru PC Game
While Leaders Hold Peace Summit, Israeli & Palestinian Citizens Try to Solve Dispute thru PC Game
November 26, 2007
Can a video game game show the way to peace in the Middle East?As Israeli, Palestinian and Arab leaders prepare for tomorrow's Annapolis summit, 100,000 average Palestinians and Israelis have been issued copies of PeaceMaker, an award-winning simulation of the conflict.
As reported by the Jerusalem Post, PeaceMaker was distributed by the Peres Center for Peace in Tel Aviv. A press release describes the premise behind the game:
PeaceMaker allows the player to try his or her skills of diplomacy and leadership by playing as either the Israeli Prime Minister or the Palestinian President. Incorporating real-world events and news stories, the game challenges players to succeed as a leader where others have failed; to experience the joy of bringing peace to the region - or the agony of plunging the Middle East into disaster.
Ron Pundak, director of the Peres Center, told the Post:
The way is pragmatism, entering the role of the other. You must take into account the other side. It will help (each side) understand limitations of each one's president and leader, and as well the limitation of the other side.
A symbolic copy of PeaceMaker will also be sent to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas upon their return from Annapolis.
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Posted 10/11/08 at 06:02pm
lordlundar: each one they are doing is 36 missions focussing on a faction per, so it's going to be 96 missions altogether
lordlundar: each one they are doing is 36 missions focussing on a faction per, so it's going to be 96 missions altogether
Posted 10/11/08 at 05:16pm
Hitodama: @ZippyDSMlee: As long as I don't have to buy multiplayer agian, I might be alright. Blizz isn't stupid, must have somethin else.
Hitodama: @ZippyDSMlee: As long as I don't have to buy multiplayer agian, I might be alright. Blizz isn't stupid, must have somethin else.
Posted 10/11/08 at 03:51pm
ZippyDSMlee: Star Craft 2 going to be a 3 parter....ouchy!
ZippyDSMlee: Star Craft 2 going to be a 3 parter....ouchy!
Posted 10/11/08 at 02:19pm
VideolandHero: @ ezbiker555- At this point I think he knows he is wrong but he doesn't want to admit it.
VideolandHero: @ ezbiker555- At this point I think he knows he is wrong but he doesn't want to admit it.
Posted 10/11/08 at 02:04pm
GoodRobotUs: ...about sarcasm over his browsing.
GoodRobotUs: ...about sarcasm over his browsing.
Posted 10/11/08 at 02:04pm
GoodRobotUs: LOL I detect a guilty conscience. Apparently it's ok to accuse us of being on Crystal Meth, but he gets all uppity....
GoodRobotUs: LOL I detect a guilty conscience. Apparently it's ok to accuse us of being on Crystal Meth, but he gets all uppity....
Posted 10/11/08 at 12:59pm
ezbiker555: He can't win. JT can't win. I honestly want to cry after reading his comment about Virgina tech. How can he still blame video games for VT when there was none proven to be involved. I'm at a lost of words here.
ezbiker555: He can't win. JT can't win. I honestly want to cry after reading his comment about Virgina tech. How can he still blame video games for VT when there was none proven to be involved. I'm at a lost of words here.
Posted 10/11/08 at 11:47am
gamepolitics: T-Bone, ur correct. No one will touch this.
gamepolitics: T-Bone, ur correct. No one will touch this.
Posted 10/11/08 at 11:09am
TBoneTony: Also I would like to add that with each passing generation there is always hope for videogames no matter what is said.
TBoneTony: Also I would like to add that with each passing generation there is always hope for videogames no matter what is said.
Posted 10/11/08 at 11:07am
TBoneTony: also Palin has also got a few things she wants keep quiet about, so she won't go anywhere near JT
TBoneTony: also Palin has also got a few things she wants keep quiet about, so she won't go anywhere near JT
Posted 10/11/08 at 11:06am
TBoneTony: I don't think that Palin wants to get herself into any more trouble than to get involved in the antics soon to be disbarred laye
TBoneTony: I don't think that Palin wants to get herself into any more trouble than to get involved in the antics soon to be disbarred laye
Posted 10/11/08 at 10:13am
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Posted 10/11/08 at 08:07am
Matriculated: http://www.slobsofgaming.com/article/103880/9-esrb-ratings-that-should-exist
Matriculated: http://www.slobsofgaming.com/article/103880/9-esrb-ratings-that-should-exist
Posted 10/11/08 at 06:04am
gamepolitics: if elected, I will not serve... LOL, hilarious, GRU
gamepolitics: if elected, I will not serve... LOL, hilarious, GRU
Posted 10/11/08 at 12:14am
Hitodama: @GoodRobotUs: Haha, nice. Though I can see the edits on moving things. :s
Hitodama: @GoodRobotUs: Haha, nice. Though I can see the edits on moving things. :s
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Posted 10/10/08 at 10:49pm
Sigvatr: Predicting this in the next slew of articles: http://games.slashdot.org/games/08/10/10/2331236.shtml
Sigvatr: Predicting this in the next slew of articles: http://games.slashdot.org/games/08/10/10/2331236.shtml
Posted 10/10/08 at 10:24pm
GoodRobotUs: I suspect the site wasn't set up to handle more than around 300 replies
GoodRobotUs: I suspect the site wasn't set up to handle more than around 300 replies
Posted 10/10/08 at 10:24pm
GoodRobotUs: It's not very clear at all to be honest, so don't worry about it :)
GoodRobotUs: It's not very clear at all to be honest, so don't worry about it :)
Posted 10/10/08 at 09:46pm
Flamespeak: White text on grey screen. Hard for me to see it.
Flamespeak: White text on grey screen. Hard for me to see it.
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Game Succeeds Where Leaders Fail.
In a way, that would be a very sad sign of the times.
Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
It's a symbolic copy cause they will just look at it and say "oh isn't that nice, but the big boys with big ideas are making big decisions here" and ignore everything it has to offer.
when are they going to make a game so we can understand how bush's mind works?
in all seriousness i would love a copy of this game but how is it going to work the prise dents aren't going to go "O that was what i was supposed to do." i don't think it works like that
I read about this yesterday, thought it was really a great idea. I don't know how useful it will actually be, considering the bigger picture, such as other media perceptions, but it's a step in the right direction.
It plays quite well, though even on the second level of difficulty you'll find yourself stuck between a rock and a hard place trying to appease everyone. If you give the other side something, your side's radicals hate you and bomb them or somesuch, and if you give the radicals anything, the other side stomps down your peace efforts.
Two words. AUM SHINRIKYO
Remember the little Sarin incident in the Tokyo Train stations?