'Rebel of Honor'.

More fighting in the middle-east as the Syrian 'uprising' continues. I always found the word 'uprising' slightly patronising. It's as if they're saying - 'Syria haven't just risen, they've risen up.' I seriously doubt that if anyone in the country were to read the word 'rising' they'd think - 'ahh, they've decided to tunnel under ground in search of the Earth's core.' Either 'Syria Rising' doesn't have a good enough ring to it or I'm seriously overestimating the British public.

It was interesting to find out what the Guardian are doing for the cause, 'Middle East Live: Blogging the Uprisings In the Middle East and North Africa'. I'm guessing they're expecting more. They make it sound like a cross between the Olympics and fucking Live Aid. Here's a recent post -

"2.36pm: The Palestinians will next month renew a bid to upgrade their status at the United Nations, according to the Palestinian foreign minister, Riad al-Malki."

It bears a striking resemblance to the 'Sky Sports Transfer Clockwatch'. '2.52pm: Sources suggest that Riad al-Malki has arrived at the United nations for a medical in a deal reportedly worth up to 1.2 million Isreali children.' Strictly speaking, al-MALKI is a name you don't mess with.

The graphics in 'Call of Duty: Uprising' look immense. Hit 'X' to reload, mate.

I think that would be a great idea for a video game. It could combine titles like FIFA with the likes of COD where the player chooses their favourite nation from the middle-east to start an uprising - similar to the 'team select' screen on FIFA - and choose 11 rebels from a possible 30 who each have attribute ratings based on skills such as shooting accuracy, reload speed, pace, reactions, agility, mental strength and pain threshhold. Players then decide which individual rebel they wish to control and the uprising begins in 'story mode'. The object is to try and take control of every nation - using the same rebel squad chosen by the player at the beginning - with the assassination of the President securing each of them in turn. Other modes include 'VS mode' which consists of split-screen action where players can choose to be a rebel force or a government force in a fight to the death.

Just a thought.