Nickname: katsam

Review: Nonviolent struggle has had a lot more effect than most people realize. It wasn't just practiced by Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr, but also by the Filipinos when they ousted Marcos, by the South Africans to overturn the apartheid government, and most recently by the Serbians, Georgians, Ukranians, Lebanese, and Kyrgyz people when trying to get rid of dictators, stop election fraud, and rid the country of foreign influence. So it's not just Gandhi, Spoonman. You should check out Kurt Schock's book, "Unarmed Insurrections" for a closer look into this phenomenon, or "A Force More Powerful" by the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.

Date reviewed: Mar 8, 2006 3:02 AM

Nickname: Daniel

Review: This game is one of the most important efforts ever undertaken in the gaming industry. As someone who does academic research on nonviolent revolutions and movements, I welcome this game as a valuable learning tool that will help correct common misconceptions about the power of nonviolence. Furthermore, Gandhi "came along" decades before the British empire was "economically and emotionally drained" because of WWII.

Date reviewed: Jan 26, 2006 5:13 AM

Nickname: liberty0

Review: When I first heard of this game I wondered exactly what a nonviolent group would do to overthrow North Korea's dictatorship. It struck me as an odd idea. I think this is going to be an interesting topic and hopefully a thought-provoking, perhaps action-provoking, game.

Date reviewed: Dec 27, 2005 4:27 AM

Nickname: Gardener

Review: Fighting tyrants, real and virtual is the brainy adult game. Time well spent and applicable to real world too.

Date reviewed: Dec 23, 2005 7:59 PM

Nickname: Spoonman

Review: Hmmm...at first glance, this looked like one of the stupidest ideas I'd ever seen. But, having viewed the slide show, I might just buy it if only because it looks like it might be interesting to play. Personally, I don't see a lot of evidence that non-violent conflict solves anything. Ghandi came along at a time when the the British Empire was economically and emotionally drained from the World War II. While his movement did help bring India its freedom, it really was only a very small part of the effort. But it is an effective tool to at least get your message out there.

Date reviewed: Dec 22, 2005 2:04 PM