The Suicide Bomber Game

Players control a man, described as being of Arab appearance, street. Men, women and children walk back and forth along the street at various speeds. When the mouse is clicked, the man opens up his jacket, revealing an explosive belt, and detonates. The aim of the game is to kill and wound as many men, women and children as possible. The number of people both killed and injured is displayed, and a button appears allowing the player to play the game again. ==Background==

The game's designer, known only by the username fabulous999, reportedly got the idea to create the game after reading an article in Time about suicide bombers, and created the game in one evening. By December 2002, the game had already been played over 875,000 times. The game was released as a demo, with the author stating in May 2002 that he planned to expand the game to include terrorist missions in twelve countries, however, the game was never expanded. ==Reception==

The game's animation has been described as simple, Fox News stated experienced video gamers would probably find the game's design "fairly unimpressive". A radio station in Israel reportedly received a large number of angry phone calls after mentioning the game. A relative of a man killed in the 2002 Bali bombings also called for it to be removed. and the neo-nazi website Resistance Records provided a link to the game. In response to the criticism, the game's designer stated he did not intend to make any money off the game, and that the game's purpose was "to show that suicide bombers are nothing but expendable pawns whose sole purpose is to terrorize innocents." He also stated that "90 percent" of the emails he received regarding the game were positive, and that many of those emails were from Israel. A statement he made on Newgrounds read "I just think people who blow themselves up are stupid (...) If you found this offensive, tell your friends!" The designer stated the game was not set in Israel, however the demo's title screen featured an illustration of Yasser Arafat. ==See also==