Muslims craft their own video games (this ought to be fun...)

The Christian Science Monitor ^ | June 05, 2006 | Rhonda Roumani

[presidio9]

I'll go first:

I guess they got tired of "Flight Simulator."

[Busywhiskers]

I was figuring it would be a decapitation simulator.

[atomicpossum]

But we also don't want to do something about Arabs killing Westerners.

Nah. Too realistic.

[Fighting Irish]

Set to be released in September, "Al-Quraysh" is a strategy game that tells the story of the first 100 years of Islam's history from the viewpoint of four different nations - Bedouins, Arabs, Persians, and Romans.

A big "must have" for this years christmas shopping I imagine....

[Sundog]

starting over with Packman -- what are those little things on the balls -- six pointed stars?

[Hydroshock]

Infidel Hunt new for PS2.

[Red Badger]

Sim-Insanity?...........

[Dreagon]

"There were rational laws that were governing Muslims at that time. This allowed this civilization to last for a long time and to accept the other civilizations that they came in touch with."

Oh, so they are going to show the sacking of St Peters and the slaughter of Syracuse? Or the sacking of Constintinople? Or is dhimmitude going to be presented in it's historical context?

[coconutt2000]

It would be funny if a programmer inserted a little "easter egg" that runs a sequence where Jesus, a la South Park, descends and kicks Islamic butt, ending the game.

[Red Badger]

Christmas?........You mean Eid.........or Rama-lama-ding-dong....

[Andy28]

Someone should introduce them to a little game called 'Minesweeper'.

[pgyanke]

The player has the task of building and protecting trade routes and water sources, building armies, conducting battles, and freeing slaves.

I thought this was a Muslim game...

[pgyanke]

"Al-Quraysh is going to help people in the West better understand the people who are living in the East," says Radwan Kasmiya, an avid gamer and the executive manager of Afkar Media. "We want to show that this civilization was a sort of practical and almost heavenly civilization."

Apparently, in their version of heaven, people are about a foot to a foot and a half shorter...

[OB1kNOb]

[N. Theknow]

All your Haj are belong to us.

[Berlin_Freeper]

You can play online and "win" as the Taliban track you down to your house and smash every single modern device, then strap you into a car bomb and accelerate you down the road toward the nearest western embassy.

[socal_parrot]

And for the Christians in the crowd, Left Behind Video Games...

Killing for Jesus

[Alex Murphy]

Set to be released in September, "Al-Quraysh" is a strategy game that tells the story of the first 100 years of Islam's history from the viewpoint of four different nations - Bedouins, Arabs, Persians, and Romans.

First hundred years, huh? Do the Muslim forces fly exploding camels into Roman villas?