Anticipating the attack, the terrorists had laid a trap, positioning snipers behind several barrels scattered throughout the room. When the agents make their move, storming the room, the terrorists pounce with ruthless efficiency and kill the agents and hostages.
That's the way Counter-Strike, a wildly popular counter-terrorist shooter game, tends to work now. If Anne-Marie Schleiner were in charge, the scenario would unfold differently.
Instead of mowing down the agents, the terrorists might lay down their weapons, team up with the military agents, release the hostages and maybe even go to a nearby bar to celebrate the happy ending.
Schleiner is the programmer behind Velvet-Strike, an online protest modification that players can use to subvert the normally violent Counter-Strike game.
Velvet-Strike replaces bullet-ridden body counts with peaceful protests, spray-painted anti-war messages and civil disobedience. Full Story: http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,52894,00.html
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