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Saturday, September 16, 2006 12:00 AM

Virtually dead in Iraq

To protest the war in Iraq, a media artist infiltrates the U.S. Army's popular online video game and gets himself shot. While angry gamers, soldiers and even some peace activists call him a nuisance, others say his message hits home.

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  • Saturday, September 16, 2006 04:09 AM

    Sure it's art

    It's the kind that validates itself by the gamers it pisses off. Road Rage in a First-Person Shooter. Hey, I'm not playing a video game commissioned by the army to make all this look cool. I'm not killing people. I'm playing a game!

    Meanwhile, the Suicide Bomber's video game is coming along. The IED-builder's laboratory is fun! See how far you can get in building a bomb before your lab explodes like a meth lab in Kansas! Look at those Palestinians! How can they do that, dress those kids up like shaheen? We drop our kids off at the America Mall, and they buy these games and disappear in the basement killing people for hours. At least they're out of their hair.

    And then this guy comes along and ruins their fun. He is teh gay.

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