Striking Iran: Two Games and a World – Pt 2

November 15th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Some trivia for good measure…

As Michael Peck points out, the game’s graphic designers write Persian Incursion using a faux-Devanagari script more properly associated with Sanskrit and Hindu sources than Iranian Shi’ism…a minor pity, that.

And ha! — I’m left wondering whether the title, Persian Incursion, came to Larry Bond or his crew out of the ethers — or whether someone had been watching…

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Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, Season 5, Episode 39?

GMTA?

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  1. joey:

    November 15th, 2011 at 6:02 pm

    I suppose the difference between the two examples is simple enough, one is a game, a technical exercise, where war is acted out in card strengths and with a built in balance.The second is a simulation which however imperfect attempts to model human reactions to events in the light of potential effects.  I used to play axis and allies with my brothers, a world war 2 simulation, although enjoyable, and even after considerable Modding of the rules, the system was arbitrarily and unrealistic.  We also played Diplomacy,  it modeled Europe before the Great War.  Each person played a power, each power jockied for position.All moves happened at the sometime, it was only then you found out who had lied during the negotiation phase.  There were no dice,  no randomness.  Its was far more satisfying.  

  2. Cheryl Rofer:

    November 15th, 2011 at 8:42 pm

    Hi Charles –
    .
    On that fatwa against nuclear weapons: it just doesn’t seem to be available anywhere. I haven’t looked today, but I have previously, as have others, and it’s not on the interwebs, or seemingly anywhere else.
    .
    I agree that it’s an important part of the entire situation, if it exists. One would want to know how far its influence goes in the Iranian government and among the Iranian public.
    .
    Conversely, one might want to know why it’s so unavailable. Was it the view of one person, removed by others? Politically unsound for other reasons?

  3. Charles Cameron:

    November 16th, 2011 at 10:34 pm

    Hi Cheryl:
    .
    My response got long and unwieldy, so I’ve made it into a separate post: Striking Iran – response to Cheryl.

  4. Marc:

    February 21st, 2012 at 9:58 pm

    Well the video is not loading good here. Is it because i’m on Chrome browser ?

  5. Charles Cameron:

    February 21st, 2012 at 10:32 pm

    That’s just a screen capture, not a video. Looks like you can view it here.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftD32o89MVU