BEIRUT, Oct 21 (ANSAMED)- The explosions, the shooting, and the 3-D graphics are familiar but the story is quite unlike any other hatched out of the multi-billion-dollar US video game industry. Developed in Syria "Under Siege" will be released by the end of the year, and if its chief architect has his way, the product will capture a market of millions of gamers who are tired of seeing Middle Easterners on the receiving end of the barrel, the Lebanese `Daily star` newspaper reports. "We are providing a new kind of digital dignity," says Radwan Kasmiya, executive manager of Damascus-based Afkar Media. "Under Siege," he explains, should not be seen as an answer to top-selling games like "Delta Force" or "Americàs Army," which often feature stereotypical images of Arabs as enemy combatants. "This is not a game about killing ... We are telling a story," he says. `Under Siege,` is the latest version of its predecessor `Under Ash,` which was released in 2001 and has been downloaded nearly 500,000 times since, according to Kasmiya. The games are based upon supposedly historical accounts of Palestinian suffering under Israeli military occupation. "It`s not about desperation," Kasmiya explains, "it`s about sacrificing your life to let others live." Suicide attacks do not figure prominently in the game and Kasmiya, 30, says hés not "mature enough" to analyze them. "If you shoot any civilian, Israeli or Palestinian, you will loose points".