Jan 4, 2022
In ‘Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque’ you play as a Palestinian resistance fighter working to end the occupation of Palestine. It’s a game where you play someone that looks like a person games typically depict as a terrorist, but from the perspective of that person and his group being the good guys. The game generated a furious reaction from Israelis and Jews.
We found all this fascinating and so decided to do an ethics review of this controversial game.
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