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2004-04-22 Africa: North
Egyptian teens slam ’racist’ game, but still love it
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Posted by TS 2004-04-22 9:35:31 AM|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 In other news the govt of Egypt protested the US attempt to undermine their youths intelligence by sending them RTS clickfests "Really, if they want to transform the region, shouldnt they send us sophisticated games about imperialism, like Victoria, or even Imperialism II, or games about building up our cities, like Simcity4??? We demand these games immediately!!!"
Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-04-22 9:52:03 AM||   2004-04-22 9:52:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 When the game plot sounds like the daily news, how can it be "racist"?
Posted by Robert Crawford  2004-04-22 9:56:07 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com]  2004-04-22 9:56:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Because it doesn't sound like *Egypt's* daily news, RC. I've never even seen the game, so I really shouldn't comment... I'm more of a turn-based guy.
Posted by Mitch H.  2004-04-22 10:04:43 AM|| [http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]  2004-04-22 10:04:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Buy your copy here:

Amazon
Posted by Chris W.  2004-04-22 10:09:18 AM||   2004-04-22 10:09:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Hmmm...I wonder what exactly the "Global Liberation Army" is liberating the globe from. The scourge of the Teletubbies? Genetically modified corn and polio shots? The Archbishop of Canterbury? Just asking.
Posted by Seafarious  2004-04-22 10:10:27 AM||   2004-04-22 10:10:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Why Mecca Cola is not served in McDonalds.

"You can’t boycott American products because the substitutes are no good

And that is why we will win.
Posted by Shipman 2004-04-22 10:13:08 AM||   2004-04-22 10:13:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 "teenagers say the game reinforces the western image of Arabs as 'terrorists'" Point of order here: aren't the great majority of 'terrorists' we face today Arabs? The truth may hurt but it is still the truth! I am going to go out and buy that game now!
Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter)  2004-04-22 10:30:30 AM||   2004-04-22 10:30:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 As RTS games go,C&C is good,like Dune better.
Posted by raptor 2004-04-22 11:02:37 AM||   2004-04-22 11:02:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Shipman et al -

"You can’t boycott American products because the substitutes are no good And that is why we will win."

Remember during the cold war in the early 1980s. There was a suggestion that we would triumph in the end because our youth were playing a Flight Simulator game at the arcade, while the Russian Youths were playing Backgammon and Chess?

We ought to keep that in mind when hearing of a story like this.
Posted by Anonymous4052 2004-04-22 11:28:34 AM||   2004-04-22 11:28:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 "You can’t boycott American products because the substitutes are no good"

If you're in a boycottin' mood, try boycotting French or Spanish products. Plenty of substitutes to be had.
Posted by Carl in N.H 2004-04-22 11:38:56 AM||   2004-04-22 11:38:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Please hide the enormous Amazon URL...
Posted by mojo  2004-04-22 1:24:42 PM||   2004-04-22 1:24:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 The Egyptian teenagers say the message is not very subtle.

And the terrorists with their ongoing atrocities are? Think of it as a little reciprocity.

When Islamic countries finally educate their people well enough to design semiconductor devices and operate wafer fabrication lines, they can go ahead and figure out how to write the several thousand lines of code needed to produce some of their own games.

Until then, suck on the hindmost titty little kitty.
Posted by Zenster 2004-04-22 7:10:43 PM||   2004-04-22 7:10:43 PM|| Front Page Top

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