Iran Publishes Anti-Israel Videogames

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Iran Publishes Anti-Israel Videogames

Iran is producing videogames so "the young generation" can learn about the "crimes" of "the Zionist regime."

It seems that Iran has realized that videogames are useful, after all. At least, they are when those in power want to spread some propaganda around. According to the Times of India, the student arm of Basij (the country's paramilitary volunteer militia) has released two games that convey a strong anti-Israel message.

One of the games, Assault on Freedom Convoy is based on the <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_flotilla_raid>Gaza Flotilla Raid that resulted in the deaths of nine Turkish activists. The game apparently focuses on the "crimes of the Zionist regime during the attack on the flotilla."

The other game the student wing of Basij unveiled is called Devil Den 2, though no real details have been revealed.

The Islamic Republic News Agency (Iran's official news agency) reported that Mohammad Reza Jokar - head of the Basij student arm - openly believes in the power of such games. "The young generation must find out about the Zionist regime," Jokar apparently told the IRNA, "and since videogames enjoy large audiences, they were unveiled ahead of Quds Day."

Quds Day is an annual event on the last Friday of Ramadan. Rallies and demonstrations are held to express "solidarity with the Palestinian people and opposing Zionism as well as Israel's control of Jerusalem ... participation in protests on Quds Day is particularly strong in non-Arab Iran, where Ayatollah Khomeini first introduced the event."

Source: <a href=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Iran-unveils-video-games-depicting-Israeli-crimes/articleshow/6480232.cms>Times of India via <a href=http://gamepolitics.com/2010/09/02/iran-launches-anti-israeli-games>GamePolitics

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[The Amazing Tea Alligator]

Well America has been publishing anti-Russian games for years - I don't see the problem

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Oh shit. And BANG goes the Supreme Court's decision.

Luckily, with Farsi being the difficult enough language to put on screen, I think it's going to go over as well as Bible Games did here.

 

[Canadian Briton]

I bet the game isnt even any good.

And what does Zionist even mean? They toss the word around all the time.

 

[PurpleSky]

And I shall play these games.

 

[McNinja]

I bet the game isnt even any good.

And what does Zionist even mean? They toss the word around all the time.

Basically the jews.

?noun
a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel.

They really don't like the Jews. They like the Jews about as much as Hitler did.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

And what does Zionist even mean? They toss the word around all the time.

A Zionist is one who believes in Zionism, the national movement for the return of the Jewish people to their homeland and the resumption of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel.

TLR; Get orf our land!

 

[theComposer]

And what does Zionist even mean? They toss the word around all the time.

http://tinyurl.com/yjlonrh

OT: These can't be very good at all. Since when did Iran even have a videogame industry? They're probably both obvious, suffocating propaganda and poorly designed/made games.

 

[Arachon]

Devil Den 2? So.... Is there a Devil Den 1?

 

[Ironic Pirate]

Who hear guesses the games are awful?

And you know what would be interesting? If Israel comes out with it's own games now. Might even kick off some kind of game race between the two countries.

 

[Casual Shinji]

"The young generation must find out about the Zionist regime,"

I'm sure the young generation of Iran already hates Israel more than enough without propaganda games.

This kind of reminds me of when the Klu Klux Clan made anti-Mexican games.

Maybe Israel will answer this by making anti-Iranian cupcakes.

 

[cainx10a]

Should have used ARMA 2/OA to make that game (mod)!

 

[Armored Prayer]

*Shakes head* Oh Iran, why is it that everything you do and make only fuels more hate and rage? Well at least your citizens are trying to do better, as for your government... yeah lets not get into that.

One of the games, Assault on Freedom Convoy is based on the Gaza Flotilla Raid that resulted in the deaths of nine Turkish activists.

Something tells me that this is going to piss us Turks off.

 

[Zerbye]

This somehow reminds me of IAF: Israeli Air Force by Jane's Combat Simulations. I'm pretty sure that was a Pro-Israeli game. There are always two sides in war, though I'm curious to see how sensationalist these new games might be. It sounds like these games are being developed primarily as propaganda.

 

[Stabby Joe]

Erm... surprise?

 

[The_ModeRazor]

Awwwww shit...
My tooth hurts

Oh, wait, that's off topic. Well, games as propaganda is something I'm against. Technically, I'm against all propaganda because I don't like it.

Shit, it still hurts

 

[Lord_Panzer]

*Shakes head* Oh Iran, why is it that everything you do and make only fuels more hate and rage? Well at least your citizens are trying to do better, as for your government... yeah lets not get into that.

One of the games, Assault on Freedom Convoy is based on the Gaza Flotilla Raid that resulted in the deaths of nine Turkish activists.

Something tells me that this is going to piss us Turks off.

The actual raid that killed said Turks did indeed piss them off. This game, I would imagine, would be glorifying their sacrifice as well as painting Ze Jews as baby eating, bicycle stealing, land grabbing, peace hating infidel pig-dogs.

Just an educated guess.

 

[Ilosia]

Propaganda never makes for an enjoyable experience, the best this can hope for is narm and being dissected by history and sociology students decades down the line.

 

[Blue_vision]

Who hear guesses the games are awful?

And you know what would be interesting? If Israel comes out with it's own games now. Might even kick off some kind of game race between the two countries.

I do! And I laughed at that

This is really just silly though. BOTH COUNTRIES need to just get over each other.