There Is A "Bomb Gaza" Game On The Google Play Store And It’s Pretty Awful

[KamaAina]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/there-is-a-bomb-gaza-game-on-the-google-play-store

Bomb Gaza is a game for Android that was uploaded to the Google Play store on 29 July.



The game involves piloting an Israeli air-force jet over a densely built area of Gaza and attempting to bomb “terrorists”.



It quickly becomes apparent that it is almost impossible to avoid bombing civilians, who are in the same buildings as the terrorists firing rockets at the Israeli jet.

There are no specific instructions on how to play the game but it is almost impossible to do without inadvertently killing civilians.

[seveneyes]

1. It should at least subtract from the total for harming innocents

Bad programmer.

[JackRiddler]

2. It's the "inadvertantly" part that's becoming increasingly less tenable.

There are calls now within Israeli politics at a high level to expel the entire population of Gaza.

[malaise]

3. Racist to the core

[Fred Sanders]

4. Android and Google are making money......, are you a communist?

[malaise]

5. and spreading propaganda at the same time

Now that's a win-win. Imagine if Hamas had a similar game - it would be hell from all quarters.

[Fred Sanders]

7. Although the wholesale slaughter the game depicts is closer to the truth than the media makes it out

[malaise]

8. True

but some are celebrating the thought of that complete slaughter. Lots of human beings are very sick.
Bet the vast majority of them spout thou shalt not kill with regularity.

[potone]

6. I saw this mentioned on twitter, where people are outraged.

This is utterly disgusting. I can't even begin to imagine the mindset of people who could invent such a game. Shame on google for selling it!