The Medal of Honor controversy has started to spread overseas. American citizens were initially upset at EA’s choice to include the Taliban as a playable group in Medal of Honor’s multiplayer mode. Some felt it was an insensitive inclusion due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. A UK politician has now vocalized his outrage for the title.

In the global fight against terrorism numerous government and private organizations have kept their ears to the ground, trying to prevent the next 9/11. Now it seems that Bethesda Softworks, a Maryland based developer which created the Elders Scroll series, has unwillingly become part of terrorists’ war on the Western world.

No, Bethesda isn’t dropping the controller and mouse for AK47s and joining Al-Qaeda, but it seems that even the world’s most fearsome terrorist group is also a fan of Bethesda’s upcoming game, Fallout 3…

Looking at the world’s political instability, it’s easy to think that things are so bad, the only way to cope with it is by laughing. And playing board games.

Released by British game production/development company TerrorBull Games in 2006, War on Terror: the Board Game was conceived during the “War on Terror” in 2003 and is an apt but scathing comparison to the real world. Also, because of the nature of the game, it had been banned from nearly every game convention in the United States.

WOT is a modern-day version of Risk that mixes in elements from Monopoly. Game pieces are…

Some games have embedded political messages. A few games flaunt those messages openly. Much like the United States’ America’s Army, a game called Special Force 2 is an advertisement for armed forces, but for terrorists.

Designed by Hizbollah, an international terrorist organization, Special Force 2 re-enacts a 34-day war between Hizbollah and Israeli forces in Bahrain. The game is not free, like America’s Army, but it costs only BD5 (approximately US$10). The game has made quite a stir in the Arab nation, Bahrain, enough to spark an online petition to…

The Department of Homeland Security is developing a game that lets players experience what it is like to be in charge of the response to a terrorist attack or a natural disaster. Ground Truth requires players to respond quickly and to make intelligent decisions to avoid casualties and damage and apparently the game is aimed at training personnel to respond in case of emergencies.

The computer scientist in charge of development, Donna Djordjevich, has said that they are aiming for high production values including next-gen graphics so that people are attracted to it and engaged. Although the game is not intended as a commercial product for the moment, so far $600k have been invested in development.