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Game Developer Sentenced To Death In Iran Asks Obama For Intervention

11:30AM February 9, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

Amir Hekmati, the US-born game developer sentenced to death in Iran for allegedly engaging in espionage for the CIA, has asked the Obama administration to do whatever it takes, including a prisoner-transfer, to save him from execution. More »


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Efforts Intensify To Save Game Developer Sentenced To Death In Iran

10:30AM January 11, 2012 | Stephen Totilo

A day after news broke that US citizen and former game developer Amir Hekmati was sentenced to death by the Iranian government, a glimmer of hope emerged that the 28-eight-year old’s life might be spared. More »


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Gaddafi’s Death Makes News Today, Video Game Tomorrow

8:00AM October 21, 2011 | Brian Crecente

The confirmation of Muammar Gaddafi’s death at the hands of Libyan rebels flashed on news channels, websites, Facebook and Twitter this morning. And by next week people will be playing the computer game version of the death. More »


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Is The Bin Laden Kill Game Cathartic, Educational Or Just Ghoulish?

12:00AM May 10, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Osama bin Laden hunches quietly in the darkness of an Abbottabad basement, rifle clutched in his hands. He swivels smoothly left. Stops. Then swivels smoothly right. His face is frozen in a thousand-mile stare, eyes unblinking. More »


In Real Life

Watch Gamers Kill Osama In Recreation Of SEALS Assault On Compound

9:30PM May 7, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Gamers can play through the final, fatal moments of Osama Bin Laden’s last stand in Abbottabad, Pakistan in the latest, last episode of video war game Kuma War II. More »


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Kill Osama Bin Laden On Saturday

5:20AM May 7, 2011 | Brian Crecente

One hundred and six missions later, virtual war ends for Kuma War with the playable, video game re-enactment of the killing of Osama Bin Laden. More »


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Video Games Let You Kill, Abuse Osama

2:30AM May 3, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Sunday night a team of two dozen Navy SEALs killed Osama Bin Laden. If all goes as planned, you will soon be able to re-enact that head shot in a video game. More »


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Somali Showdown Lets *You* Take Down Virtual Pirates

10:20AM May 7, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

The developers behind the episodic KumaWar series are once again capitalising on deadly real-world events, putting players in the shoes of the plundered with Somali Showdown: Pirates on the High Seas. More »