Ex-Kazaa Guy's Provocative Game Pits Israelis Against Iranians

Ex Kazaa guy huh??? I wonder if this game will be riddled with malware like Kazaa was?

His honesty is quite refreshing. Though, I really don't think this game will change the face of Iran-Israel relations at all.

My biggest question is, is it fun to play? I'm always up for a decent first person shooter, especially if it lets me shoot crazy theocrats with Israeli weaponry.

Certainly, the segregation and elimination of 'undesirables' such as homosexuals is very similar to the behaviour of Nazi Germany, however, I agree, this is far more propoganda-led than anything else. Iran has its bad points, I'll agree, and my opinions of a Theology as a ruling sect is not a good one, I'll go no further than that on that particular subject.

However, I also feel the game looks out the outcome of the animosity between the two countries and does nothing to deal with the roots of the problem, which are far more than it simply being about Judiasm and Islam, there's a history of bad behaviour on both sides.

I agree that this is far more about demonising an enemy than dealing with any kind of problem, there was a great deal of anger in the US, as I recall, about people generalising about an entire countries' occupants based on the behaviour of a  small 'elite' section of it, and I think that is the problem here, like most Germans in Nazi Germany, they did nothing because if they spoke out, they would be next, not to mention that there were those in Germany who put their lives, and their families lives, on the line to try and stop the Nazis, and many paid the ultimate price for it. This situation also occurs in Iran.

So yes, I have little love for Ahmadinejad, I think he's an egomaniacal nutcase, but personally, I think the conflict is not going to be looked at objectively until people realise that a country, any country, is not populated by clones of its leaders.

Hm.  On the one hand, I feel that if the Iranians are really as bad as the Nazis were, then by all means, let's stop them before they commit mass genocide in the name of nationalism.  But on the other, I get the sense that this is demonizing propaganda designed to cloud the issues and incite further hatred in an unwarranted situation.

Good thing I'm not so heavily influenced by video games that I can't distinguish them from reality.

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The Mammon Industry

I'd be surprised if anyone in Iran will be able to play this game. I'm not sure, but I'm speculating they probably have a 'Great Firewall' like China does, to block out material that questions (or is questionable to) the state. Either way, though, good on him for making a game central to a global issue. And for making the Iranian Revolutionary Guard looking like pansies compared to the IDF. Those guys are badasses.

"I want this to upset people. I hope it causes the biggest shitstorm in history," he said.

Most quotable quote I've read all week!

Hey at least this guy is upfront about wanting to troll people. Not like the moron behind V-Tech Rampage.

He also has a goal in wanting to piss people off beyond "for the LULZ."

I hope for the best.

Also this game sounds like a Counterstrike clone with more specific sides than Terrorists and Anti-Terrorists. I wonder if it plays the same.

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