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Byline: Mike Antonucci
Real war is inspiring video-game war.
That's what is happening among fans of the new "Command & Conquer Generals" military-strategy computer game. Its publisher, Electronic Arts of Redwood City, Calif., has found that players around the world have rushed to modify the game to include a simulated U.S. campaign in Iraq.
The game, which already featured a confrontation between American forces and terrorists occupying Baghdad, includes programming tools that allow players to create additional graphics and missions and share them through the Internet.
Electronic Arts estimates that about 1,200 maps have been created ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Real war inspires video-game war.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)