Iranian government to release strategy game
New Manvir
04-05-2007, 02:22
Apparently the Iranian government is releasing a strategy game called "Save the Port" (that's a pretty lame title IMHO)
The Taliya news is today announcing that the Multimedia Office of Tebyan (in Iran) has finished putting the finishing touches on "Save the Port" -- a video game designed to "counter the West's cultural onslaught [...] in order to promote the Islamic-Iranian culture".
Save the Port is apparently a strategy game -- though fans expecting an Iranian version of Starcraft might be disappointed to learn that its designers have endeavored to replace the 'excessive amount' of aggression seen in strategic Western games with rational thinking 'as much as possible' (a quality seen as a great plus in the minds of the Iranians). According to the article, the quality and options of "Save the Port" are quite comparable -- even superior -- to its foreign lookalikes.
Its existence represents the first officially sanctioned form of computer entertainment in Iran
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3159161
Looks kinda interesting...I'd play it, just to get like a different perspective on stuff...I guess....
......WOULD YOU?!
its designers have endeavored to replace the 'excessive amount' of aggression seen in strategic Western games with rational thinking 'as much as possible' (a quality seen as a great plus in the minds of the Iranians).
...Shouldn't Amidenijad be a social outcast, then?
Marrakech II
04-05-2007, 02:44
The second title to be released by the Iranian government is "Goat Herder Xtreme."
Pepe Dominguez
04-05-2007, 02:50
The second title to be released by the Iranian government is "Goat Herder Xtreme."
I'd play it. Goatherding can be maddeningly difficult, and I like to punish myself with difficult games. :) Goats are a thousand times more stubborn and likely to wander off than sheep. Could get tricky.
However, didn't Iran try to outlaw chess a while back? Maybe that was a rumor, but I recall them being anti-gaming in general.
Greater Trostia
04-05-2007, 02:53
The second title to be released by the Iranian government is "Goat Herder Xtreme."
My my, how hilarious.
Hynation
04-05-2007, 02:59
The second title to be released by the Iranian government is "Goat Herder Xtreme."
noobs
Demented Hamsters
04-05-2007, 03:08
Looks kinda interesting...I'd play it, just to get like a different perspective on stuff...I guess....
......WOULD YOU?!
sure.
wait a minute....
*reads op article again*
endeavored to replace the 'excessive amount' of aggression seen in strategic Western games with rational thinking 'as much as possible'
screw that.
Give me Quake any day.
Wonder if Jack Thompson will endorse it?
New Manvir
04-05-2007, 03:14
sure.
wait a minute....
*reads op article again*
screw that.
Give me Quake any day.
Wonder if Jack Thompson will endorse it?
No he hates all video games, sunshine, puppies and rainbows
China Phenomenon
04-05-2007, 03:28
......WOULD YOU?!
Absolutely. It sounds like fun, although I wasn't able to find screenshots anywhere.
Actually I would not only play it; I'd pirate the game, thus damaging the Iranian economy, and killing two flies at one blow, so to speak.
New Manvir
04-05-2007, 03:30
Absolutely. It sounds like fun, although I wasn't able to find screenshots anywhere.
Actually I would not only play it; I'd pirate the game, thus damaging the Iranian economy, and killing two flies at one blow, so to speak.
two flies at one blow?
never heard that one....
China Phenomenon
04-05-2007, 03:39
two flies at one blow?
never heard that one....
That's what we say around here. I suddenly forgot all English idioms that would fit the situation, and had to go with that one.
That's what we say around here. I suddenly forgot all English idioms that would fit the situation, and had to go with that one.
"Two birds with one stone", is I believe, the one you are looking for. :D
Dontgonearthere
04-05-2007, 03:43
No he hates all video games, sunshine, puppies and rainbows
And the laughter of children. Dont forget that. It gives him diarreah.
China Phenomenon
04-05-2007, 03:48
"Two birds with one stone", is I believe, the one you are looking for. :D
Ohhh... right. Thanks.
......WOULD YOU?!
I plan on downloading and/or purchasing an English version if one becomes available. This sounds quite interesting...I especially like the rational thinking bit.
To tell the truth, I like a certain level of rational thought in my games. Assuming it's good, I'll gladly pirate it (I won't support the current Iranian government by buying the game). If by the time it comes out, the moderates are back in power, I'll buy it.
I might look at it, but i'm not expecting much.
The Lone Alliance
04-05-2007, 05:48
(To deliever the inevitable)
But what if it's full of evil mind control!?!
Soleichunn
04-05-2007, 09:05
Looks kinda interesting...I'd play it, just to get like a different perspective on stuff...I guess....
......WOULD YOU?!
No, I have the feeling that:
A) It would probably not be shipped to Aus
B) ASIO might want to have a few 'words' with me if I did obtain a copy.
It doesn't sound as bad as the hezbollah game, so that is good.
I'd play it. Goatherding can be maddeningly difficult, and I like to punish myself with difficult games. :) Goats are a thousand times more stubborn and likely to wander off than sheep. Could get tricky.
Don't forget you have to make special preparations for nightfall so that a certain southern Sudanese guy doesn't 'experiment' with them.