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Iran Launches Islamic Video Games

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(Newser) – Video game developers are in Cologne for one of Europe's biggest gaming conventions, and one booth is standing out: the Iranian National Foundation for Computer Games, which is trying to get a foothold in the West. The games have a decidedly nationalist slant, reports the BBC. One game is a tank shooter set during the Iran-Iraq war, while another follows a girl navigating the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

"We are using this event to promote what is happening in the Iranian games industry," said the manager of the Iranian stand. But he acknowledged that international isolation is making expansion difficult. "We need more investors," he admitted. "The US sanctions do affect our industry, but they cannot stop it."

A visitor tests a game at the Gamescom fair for interactive entertainment in Cologne, Germany, this week. Iran has used the convention to highlight its own unusual offerings.
A visitor tests a game at the Gamescom fair for interactive entertainment in Cologne, Germany, this week. Iran has used the convention to highlight its own unusual offerings.   (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)
Visitors test games at the Gamescom fair for interactive entertainment in Cologne, Germany, this week. Iran's booth is drawing attention with some Islamic war games.
Visitors test games at the Gamescom fair for interactive entertainment in Cologne, Germany, this week. Iran's booth is drawing attention with some Islamic war games.   (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)
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riffran
Aug 21, 09 6:00 AM CDT
1000 bonus points for flogging females who let their faces be shown in public...100,000 for having the pregnant suicide bomber get a busload of schoolchildren...hey this could be fun Reply
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Todd_English
Aug 21, 09 6:02 AM CDT
CALL OF DUTY-MODERN JIHAD 2! Reply
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riffran
Aug 21, 09 6:22 AM CDT
jihad -2...lmao...I'll think I'll go watch Halo Taliban on you tube ...it's a hoot
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Aug 22, 09 4:21 AM CDT
its no more offensive than the video games we put out about WW2 that makes all Germans sound like evil crazed killers, ETC. ETC. ETC. Reply
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