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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Aleks Krotoski

Topical newsgames

Via Watercoolergames, there are two highly topical newsgames making the rounds:



Ynetnews reports on two newsgames that target Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah.

The first one, created by somebody called Amir Lotan, uses a Google Earth image -I assume that it is meant to be a picture of somewhere in Lebanon, Beirut perhaps? The gameplay is simple, whack-a-mole style. Nasrallah's face pops up and you must send a fighter jet to bomb him. ... the winning screen says something along the lines of "Very good chief of staff. Come back to work now."

The second game is more complex. Nasrallah is shown performing a chicken dance and you are supposed to hit him with objects ranging from toilets and refrigerators to Israeli bombs. Other objects include a dead pig head (something meant to be offensive to a Muslim) and a dead peace dove. The game is hosted on an Israeli domain (.il)



They're here and here if you're interested.

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