War in the North, a game conceived by Alon Serafi (graphics: Elad Goldschmidt) is an excellent example showing how the relative ease of programming Flash games for the web makes them an immediate tool for responding to current affairs. The game went online several days after the outbreak of the war in Lebanon. Serafi created a simple war game where the player must mark targets – launchers, houses – for IDF aircrafts. As the game progresses, indices, such as losses on the Israeli side and on the Lebanese side, the damage to the capacity of the enemy – Hezbollah, and the level of objection to Israel in world public opinion, are examined. The game is a faithful reflection of the Israeli perception of the war. It begins with international objection to Israel even before the first shot is fired. As the number of Israeli casualties rises, objection of the international public opinion to the war decreases, and the Hezbollah’s fire-delivering force equals, and even surpasses that of the Israeli Air Force.
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