Shooter video games seek to 'humanise' refugees

By Asher Moses
Updated January 7 2013 - 11:13am, first published November 13 2012 - 2:28pm
Video games are being used to moderate the polarised debate around asylum seekers - and an Australian version is on the way.
Video games are being used to moderate the polarised debate around asylum seekers - and an Australian version is on the way.
Frontiers, Jens Stober's previous game, focuses on the asylum seeker issue in Europe.
Frontiers, Jens Stober's previous game, focuses on the asylum seeker issue in Europe.
The game 1378 caused controversy because players who chose to be Cold War guards could shoot East German refugees.
The game 1378 caused controversy because players who chose to be Cold War guards could shoot East German refugees.
In the Frontiers multiplayer game players could be either a European border guard or African refugee.
In the Frontiers multiplayer game players could be either a European border guard or African refugee.

Could a video game placing players in the shoes of asylum seekers trying to reach Australia help change opinions about "boat people"?

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