Thousands of Palestinians and Israelis have been issued a copy of PeaceMaker, a strategic sim game for the PC platform to virtually find ways to stop the war between them and bring peace to their own country. More than 100,000 copies of the game were distributed through the leading Arabic and Hebrew newspapers in Palestine more »

Earlier this week (July 12, 2007), Funkitron, Inc. announced the development of a new trivia title, The ’80s Game with Martha Quinn, featuring the image and voice of former MTV VJ, Martha Quinn. The game, to be available for download in Q3 2007 for PC, will include approximately 3,000 trivia questions from several genres: ’80s more »

September 2006, Afkar Media, a Syrian game company, released a PC Real Time Strategy (RTS) game to positively portray Islam during the first hundred years of its existence. Called Quraish (according to the official website; the Christian Science Monitor calls it Al-Quraysh), players can choose to be one of five powers, including the Romans, the Persians, and a fledgling Muslim empire.

Afkar Media isn’t a new company, having also released Under Siege, a first/third person shooter that follows the Israeli/Palestinian conflict from a Muslim point of view. Both of these games are intended to show Muslims in a more positive light, portraying them as protagonists.

Radwan Kasmiya, executive manager of Afkar Media, believes that …