News

WikiLeaks Suspect Found Inspiration In Video Games

In the Washington Post‘s in-depth profile of the alleged source of classified information passed to WikiLeaks, a childhood friend discusses how computer games played a part in introducing Bradley Manning to the world of ideas.


April 27, 2011
Mobile

The Latest WikiLeaks Game Isn’t Just Scandalous, It’s Fun

TrickyLeaks is more than just another attempt to jump on the fading infamy of WikiLeaks and founder Julian Assange’s troubled rise to fame. It’s also a fairly fun game.


April 26, 2011
In Real Life

Wikileaks Reveals Al Qaeda Used Sega Cartridges For Explosives

Newly released documents from Wikileaks related to Guantánamo Bay prisoners have an unusual video game connection. According to the Department of Defense’s assessment records for Guantánamo detainees Hassan Mohammed Ali Bin Attash and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed—who confessed to masterminding the 9/11 terrorist attacks—Al Qaeda once used Sega cartridges as explosives devices.


December 28, 2010
In Real Life

An Interactive Interpretation Of WikiLeaks Theory Of Conspiracy By Governance

Leaky World attempts to turn Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange’s essay on conspiracy into a computer game.


December 17, 2010
News

WikiLeaks’ Next Scandal Is…A Halo 2 Collaboration

It seems like an age ago, but the whole WikiLeaks furore kicked off earlier this year with footage of American forces shooting Iraqi civilians. The offending chopper pilots were accused, appropriately, of behaving like they were playing a video game.


December 10, 2010
News

US Pegs Kim Jong-Il’s Second Son As A Gaming Loser

One son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is too busy playing video games to take over the country, according to a video game surprise found among the reams of US government cables disseminated by the WikiLeaks organisation.


December 8, 2010
News

Turning WikiLeaks Into Video Games

The whole drama surrounding whistle-blower organisation WikiLeaks has made for the juiciest political story in years. So it was only a matter of time before people started turning it into a video game.