"Alhamdulillah, You Destroyed the Command Ship!" - Islamic Videogames
Slate has an article by Chris Suellentrop investigating the world of Islamic videogames after seeing a New York Times article hinting at moral panic with the quote, "One game, 'Ummah Defense I,' has the world 'finally united under the Banner of Islam' in 2114, until a revolt by disbelievers. The player's goal is to seek out and destroy the disbelievers."
It should come to no surprise to anyone familiar with Christian gaming that the actual gameplay is really just a vertical shooter with Islamic text boxes.
Also reviewed, Islamic pseudo-Super Mario Bros. with lasers and Islamic Gauntlet. Check it out.
Posted by ClockworkGrue at August 12, 2005 12:49 PM