Water Cooler Games - Night of Bush Capturing

Night of Bush Capturing
September 21, 2006 - by Gonzalo Frasca

Both Ian and myself have been incredibly busy, so -it happens- this game went under our radar. I'll simply tell you that it's a FPS where you have to capture Bush. It's a mod for another political game, called Quest for Saddam, and according to sources, it's been released by an organization called the Global Islamic Media Front. All the info, including links to download + gameplay video, can be accessed at Ed Halter's blog. Halter- who is the author of From Sun Tzu to Xbox- has posted an update on the game and wonders if there are any other sources that confirm the origins of this game. It wouldn't be the first time that political games had been wrongly attributed to extremists. I agree and we should wait and see before jumping to conclusions. If you have any extra info, feel free to post it as a comment (via La Petite Claudine)

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Comment from radovan on September 24, 2006

Hello guys,

just played the game, even though I am not a great gamer, it took me an average of 4 minutes to finish each level, and when I played my way into the last level(No 6.to get Bush)the game didn't seem to have an End.

here is my first thoughts :
- It is an Al Qaeda propaganda game, a media message to the world as any other video tape portraying their mission worldwide, I think gamers will not get interested in it and it will not affect their believes for sure.

- I think it was developed using old version of torque engine called V12, or maybe a new mod of some old game???.

- I think it was developed by one or two programmers with no graphic artist involved.

- I was surprised that it wasn't available in Arabic, English only??????

- It reflects the view points of the most extremist Moslems in the world, I am really disturbed about such game, the game was full of hate to any opposing side.

cheers.

Comment from zach whalen on September 26, 2006

After looking at the two games, it's obvious that it didn't take much effort to skin this game for a pro Al-Qa'eda content. So much so, that the creator of Quest for Saddam claims to be pursuing legal action against the Global Islamic Media Front for stealing his intellectual property.

I've got a review up at gameology wherein I compare the two games' content and speculate on their relationship.

zach

Comment from Ian Bogost on September 27, 2006

Great analysis Zach. Thanks for pointing us to it.

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