Virtual Abu Ghraib

The last post ended with a video which raised our interest in the world of video games and online games.

A quick search yielded a free site that claims allow players to "reenact" major moments of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars online. Wired Magazine called these "the mother of all video games."

The most shocking was clearly an episode called "Abu Ghraib MP" which is set up to "wage an assault" on the prison. I gather the idea is to blast away as many 'misbehaving' inmates as possible.



Others including ambush on "Desert Town" in Iraq, calling in "Air Strikes" to obliterate opposition in Afghanistan, and "Bad Neighborhood" which is a simulation of Sadr City.

There is no premium in these games of apprehending or capturing prisoners alive, with the one exception of the Osama episodes.