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Game Based on ?Death Strip? that Separated East and West Germany

By pete_gallagher

A student-developed videogame centered on the 'death strip' that separated East and West Berlin during the heart of the Cold War has run afoul of the Director of the Berlin Wall Memorial.

The game, entitled 1378 (km) and named for the length of the border between East and West Germany that was patrolled and policed for some 28 years, was created by Jens Stober, a student at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design.

According to The Local, 1378 (km) allows players to take on the role of border guards or escapees, while having them choose whether to 'shoot, arrest, run, give up, kill, or be killed.'

The game is set in 1976, though 'border guards who shoot to kill more than three times are magically transported to the year 2000, where they face trial for their crimes.'

A statement from Stober's school on the game read: Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on September 29, 2010 (boomark / email).