CHICAGO -- An artist's video game that is being exhibited at a free-speech exhibit in Chicago challenges players to kill the president.

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The video game is part of a "confrontational art" exhibit by Chicago-based artist Wafaa Bilal.

In the 3-D game, "The Night of Bush Capturing; A Virtual Jihadi," players are sent on a mission to kill President George W. Bush.

Bilal, 42, said his art is a personal attempt to deal with the deaths of citizens in the country of his birth. The artist said his brother died in Iraq in 2004 from a U.S bomb.

The game is part of the Freedom of Speech exhibition at FLATFILE Galleries. It runs until Aug. 22.

The game was scheduled for exhibition in March at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., but school administrators shut it down after less than a day, according to a TimeOutChicago blog post.

"The game itself is not an act of terrorism," said one protester. "But it simply promotes it."

In a statement on its Web site, FLATFILE said, "censorship of any artistic expression is wrong, and (FLATFILE) proudly supports the right of its artists to show their work regardless of political content and previous censorship."

Bilal is an instructor in the Art and Technology Studies Department at the Art Institute of Chicago.

NBC Chicago station WMAQ reported that in the game, players are sent on a mission to kill the president.

"This is to raise awareness about the civilian toll in Iraq, and how a lot of them have been forced by the consequences of the invasion to become suicide bombers," Bilal said.

Bilal is pictured in the game as a suicide bomber, WMAQ reported.

"We are so disconnected from the conflict zone," Bilal said. "I wanted to bring that picture closer."

In Chicago, some said the video game was inappropriate.

"I wouldn't let my kids play it," said one man, David Calusen. "I have an 11-year-old and a 15-year-old. I would not let them play something where they're even thinking along the lines of killing somebody or anybody, let alone the president."

Fellow exhibitors said they supported the right of artists to show their work, regardless of political content.

"It's very hard for me, especially now, to see artists' work closed down because they should be visible, they should have a voice and they should be heard regardless," said fellow artist Monika Wulfers.