[Elder of Ziyon] Iranian culture revealed in a "kill Salman Rushdie" videogame

From Iran's PressTV:

The 2nd edition of Iran's International Computer Game Expo and Festival is scheduled to be mounted in the capital city of Tehran's Grand Prayer Grounds.

The expo, which is slated to kick off on July 26, 2012, will host many game designers from Iran and many other countries from across the world.

Organizers say the event aims to introduce Iran's culture and Islamic identity, discover new talents and present Iranian products to international producers and distributors of computer games.

And here is an example of that famed Iranian culture featured at the expo:

Salman Rushdie was the target of a notorious fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic of Iran, 23 years ago. Now, the author of The Satanic Verses is the subject of an Iranian computer game aimed at spreading to the next generation the message about his "sin".

The Stressful Life of Salman Rushdie and Implementation of his Verdict is the title of the game being developed by the Islamic Association of Students, a government-sponsored organisation which announced this week it had completed initial phases of production.

News of the computer game came as Tehran on Tuesday played host to the country's second International Computer Games Expo.

(h/t Gary)



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Posted By Elder of Ziyon to Elder of Ziyon at 6/28/2012 03:00:00 AM