In a thought-provoking 1up piece which originally appeared in the September issue of Computer Gaming World magazine, Ed Halter surveys games with radical Islamic political themes.
Halter, author of From Sun Tzu to Xbox: War and Video Games reports on:
the recent war of game design themes between U.S. firm Kuma Reality and Iran's Union of Islamic Student Societies
The Stone Throwers (screen shot at left), created by Syrian Mohammad Hamza, in which Palestinian rioters battle with Israeli riot police
The Resistance, a game published by Innovative Minds, a U.K.-based Islamic software firm, in which players assume the role of Hezbollah fighters in South Lebanon.
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