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French-American artist Douglas Edric Stanley made an unbeatable version of the classic game Space Invaders! in which the two towers of the World Trade Center where under attack.

With the wounds of the attacks still fresh in memory the installation, made for the Games Convention in Leipzig (Germany), created more attention than the artist intended.

The installation spurred an on-line debate about what kind of messages that are “allowed” to convey through video games. With among others Slashdot and Kotaku posting and discussing the subject. The topic of what games really are have been discussed on this blog earlier.