Mark posted about this game already today, but this is a followup to the comment that I left on his blog. I suggested that a stealth version of the game could be quite interesting as well. Then I got to thinking that there are other ways that this tyoe of game could be played as an Alternate Reality Game where through some careful, and intesive planning a teacher may be able to guide thier students through their everyday lives and create connections to the gameworld that represents a global hotspot. On a smaller scale, it may be doable by something as simple as creating a webquest.
Any way it’s done, I’m glad to see games that are coming out like this that show that there are more than just the guns and talking heads involved in war – there are personal stories that form the real tragedy and at time glory (with respect to the tragedy) of armed conflict. If you want to see a movie about this “other side”, check out Nicholas Cage’s Lord of War.
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