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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 538

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Jacquelyne Vargas plays the video game "The Light in the Darkness," about a family of Polish Jews in France during the Holocaust, at Indie Game Revolution inside the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) in Seattle, Washington, on February 23, 2023. (Jason Redmond/AFP)
February 28, 2023, 11:53 am
In new Holocaust video game, players walk in shoes of Jewish family ripped from home
‘The Light in the Darkness’ creator says he hopes medium can be used to deal with subject in the same way as movies; was bothered by WWII games not clearly featuring genocide
By Daniel Hoffman
A photo of the Jewdle word board. (Screenshot via JTA)
February 3, 2022, 8:58 am
Jewdle launches in yet another offshoot of popular Wordle game
Online quiz offers players a Jewish educational component that does not exist in traditional version of the game
By CALEB GUEDES-REED
Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler is seen in front of a Nazi flag in the video game "Wolfenstein II." (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 9, 2018, 4:27 pm
Germany says video games can now include Nazi symbols
Lifting ban, industry body says games that ‘critically look at current affairs’ may display swastikas and Hitler with a mustache
By AFP
A man holds up his cellphone with a screenshot of the Pokemon Go game in front of the White House in Washington, DC, July 12, 2016. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
August 16, 2016, 9:23 am
Pokemon No: The battle to declare Auschwitz off-limits
Memorial sites want visitors to contemplate the weight of history rather than hunt for monsters on their cellphones
By Erwan Lucas
An image from the computer game 'Beat the Terrorist,' published by Israel National News on its website in November 2015. (screen capture: Israel National News)
November 6, 2015, 1:21 am
Israeli news site pulls game that teaches kids to subdue terrorists
Israel National News says posting animated game ‘Beat the terrorist’ was a ‘mistake’
By ToI Staff
An image from the computer game 'Beat the Terrorist,' published by Israel National News on its website in November 2015. (screen capture: Israel National News)
November 5, 2015, 7:39 pm
Game on hawkish Israeli news site invites kids to ‘neutralize’ terrorists
‘Beat the Terrorist’ players hit attackers with umbrellas, selfie sticks, or nunchaku — all used by Israelis to fend off recent attacks
By ToI Staff
Palestinian computer game allows players to carry out virtual operations to liberate Palestine. (screen capture: YouTube/MEMRI)
October 29, 2014, 9:27 pm
Palestinian game pushes battling Israel
‘The language of weapons is the most effective,’ developers say
By ToI Staff
Screenshot of the very un-PC 'Angry Jew' (courtesy)
June 19, 2014, 2:04 pm
Game called ‘Angry Jew’ is kosher, says ADL
Though it dodged a few bullets along the way, game app by three Israelis is deemed not bad for the Jews
By Jeff Moskowitz
Image from computer RPG game 'South Park: The Stick of Destiny,' where one of the character classes is "Jew." (photo credit: screen capture YouTube)
February 16, 2014, 5:44 pm
In South Park game, be a mage or a Jew
New game, true to form, pokes fun at gaming and geek tropes. Oh, and Jews too
By Gavriel Fiske
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