[IMG]http://www.theeca.com/newsletters/GP/1378.jpg[/IMG]1378 (km), the [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/09/29/game-based-%E2%80%9Cdeath-strip%E2%80%9D-separated-east-and-west-germany]game based on the “death strip” separating East and West Berlin [/URL]during the Cold War has seen its release delayed until December.

The game’s developer, a student at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design named Jens Stober, [URL=http://www.1378km.de/]took to his blog [/URL]to announce the postponement, which he said was partly due to criticism of the game. Comments about the title, such as the Director of the Berlin War Memorial stating “The seriousness of what once went on at the border can’t be portrayed in this way,” led Stober to claim that “an objective discussion of the game is presently impossible.”

Stober also offered a rather impassioned defense of games, specifically computer games, writing:

A large part of the criticism is a consequence of my chosen medium, the computer game. Computer games as a medium are often quick to be judged without being more closely examined, as was also the case with my art project. It was designed to enable a younger generation to access information on recent German history using a medium familiar to them. [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/10/05/1378-developer-defends-games-details-delay][B][COLOR=#8e0505]Read More[/COLOR][/B][/URL]

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