August 11, 2006
Playing for Mideast Peace
Given the popularity of carnage in video games, it would be forgivable to think that a title like PeaceMaker was meant ironically. But unlike most games, the point of PeaceMaker, a simulation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is to limit violence.
"The idea was to prove you can make an engaging game-type environment on a serious topic," says Eric W. Brown, one of the game's creators.
As either the Israeli prime minister or the Palestinian president, players confront a series
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