But in the meantime, back to Conflict: Global Storm, an adequately entertaining if uninspired squad-based shooter. And Lego Star Wars.

My son’s a first rate Legomaniac, and I was immensely pleased with the Lego Star Wars video game. LSW II was the first Christmas present I bought him last year, but my anticipation was disappointed when this game turned out to be a total CLONE of the first one, and he played it out in about 6 hours of game time. Oh well.

It’s called PieceMaker: The Game. Oh, my bad. It’s actually called PeaceMaker.

S/b called PuzzleMaker, simply because it is bewildering how clueless these people are to make a game out of something this serious and difficult to solve.

Play Both Perspectives: the player takes on the role of either the Israeli Prime Minister or the Palestinian President… the player should … play the other side…

Isn’t that what the “Palestinians” are doing in real life? Playing the other side for suckers?

Arafat never brought a stable resolution to the conflict. If, like Arafat, you de-stabalize the region and make the situation worse you win the Nobel and a billion dollars. So I guess if you are a Palestinian leader it already is a win-win scenario.

B Moe on February 3, 2007 at 11:09 AM

It also helps to wear a sidearm while giving a speech to the UN.

Let’s all keep an eye on Al Gore and what he is wearing these days……. maybe a holster with sunblock SPF80?

Oooohhhh…

The Middle East is far away. This is your chance to get closer. Play a young journalist that has just arrived in Israel, and shape the region’s future in a peaceful direction. You must complete your assignment at all cost navigating between Palestinians and Israeli sources to get your article. Will you be able to stay objective and maintain trust on both sides as the conflict escalates. What happens when people become much more than just your sources…

Haven’t played it, but… ughh.

Of course I’m kidding. Do I need to add a sarcasm note to my posts yet again?

lorien1973 on February 3, 2007 at 2:39 PM

Yes, you do. I’ve heard much worse about Rachel on LGF, and yes, they’re serious. Not that I’m a Rachel fan, but some people can be horrible about her.

I HOPE you’re kidding. That’s really not funny, and makes us all look like bloodthirsty bigots, which I at least am not. Just, please don’t.

So it’s Sim City with suicide bombings? That doesn’t trivialize things at all…

Do you remember when SimCity first came out? NBC did a story on it on the 6pm news pretending it was like actually running a city. The idiocy was astounding. I was only 16 or something and I realized how retarded that story was.

Whatever.

OT: Go – HOME -Bears!!!!

Jaibones on February 3, 2007 at 11:44 AM

OT: Go Bears!!!!

“For one thing, I can’t understand why a meaningful game like “PeaceMaker” is automatically labeled as an “educational simulation”. Yes, it may be a great tool in the classroom, but why not beyond that? PeaceMaker should be treated as a non-fiction book, a graphic novel (eg “Maus”) or a social impact documentary (eg “An Inconvenient Truth”).”

..from the comments on the piecemaker site, sounds like this game is the next encyclopedia of the middle east.

The goal of the player as the leader is to establish a stable resolution to the conflict and win the Nobel Prize before his or her term in office ends. The difficulty level can range from calm to violent.

Win the Nobel…like Arafat?

Arafat never brought a stable resolution to the conflict. If, like Arafat, you de-stabalize the region and make the situation worse you win the Nobel and a billion dollars. So I guess if you are a Palestinian leader it already is a win-win scenario.

Via Bryan: Have you ever wished that someone would take the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, add some positive image of the Palestinian “struggle” and put it into a video game? Me neither. But someone has. Your job is to be a leader,……