https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/sep/21/we-work-with-tear-gas-around-us-developing-video-games-in-a-war-zone

Game creators from Syria and Palestine share what it’s like to live in a conflict-ridden area, conveying their experiences through video games

Video game development is a tougher job than people might think, with the pervasiveness of working practices like crunch prompting a global movement towards unionisation. But for Rasheed Abueideh, a Palestinian software engineer who makes games in his spare time, there are additional challenges.