It's not only in the US that games find inspiration in newspaper headlines. Over in Iran (luv those Kiarostami films), schoolchildren in the Union of Islamic Student Societies designed a computer game that follows an Iranian special forces hero out to save one of the country's best atomic scientists, who was captured by U.S. forces. Recently, Iran's nuclear program has been under UN investigation, but the country insists its research is peaceful. The game will supposedly be out by March 2007.

Not sure about others, but I prefer a bit of escapism in my gaming. I like watching CNN, not playing CNN. Brian Ashcraft

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