Six Days in Fallujah ‘not trying to make a political commentary,’ creator says
An interview with the publisher of the controversial Iraq War shooter
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What a load of bullshit, lmfao.
Six Days in Fallujah ‘not trying to make a political commentary,’ creator says
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What a load of bullshit, lmfao.
Not shocked. I mean, you can't skim from both sides of the fence if you're not squarely planted on.
Every time a dev says this, my immediate re-translation is "We are presenting a political point of view so harmful, destructive and asinine that we'd rather you not interpret it as a political point of view at all."
[Releases video game about bloodiest battle of politically controversial war]
"It's not political, guys!"
I'm insulted that they even thought they could gaslight people this easily. Motherfucker if you weren't interested in a political backdrop for your first person shooter, maybe make something up instead of using a real thing that actually happened
"It's not political, guys!"
I'm insulted that they even thought they could gaslight people this easily. Motherfucker if you weren't interested in a political backdrop for your first person shooter, maybe make something up instead of using a real thing that actually happened
I know it's american propaganda, but damn I will still play it. There's just something special about how americans see war. Lone Survivor is a cheesy war movie where they depicted what happened in the most exaggerated way possible, but I find just soo entertaining.
You don't get to tell a story based on real events and don't be political. When you make a game about an American war operation you have 2 options:
- Tell the true story, no matter how awful and how many war criminals it would piss of
- "American, fuck yeah!" bullshit
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The year is 2041, and Activision has announced Call Of Duty: Shitstain Rebellion
"In this game you can play either as the DC police, or the white supremacists, but there's no political commentary here"
"In this game you can play either as the DC police, or the white supremacists, but there's no political commentary here"
He also said the game is going to get "glowing previews" as well from games media.
So many Americans have accepted our endless wars/conflicts as a thing that has to exist by default that some probably do think of this as apolitical and can't recognize the obvious propaganda of this and Call of Duty.
Oh?
Then what is this game trying to do? Let you go to Iraq to kill brown people for fun? Fuck off.
Then what is this game trying to do? Let you go to Iraq to kill brown people for fun? Fuck off.
OP
OP
This is not related to Konami in any way apart from then canning the project 12 years ago.
Well how about that. Looks like it's published by a company called Victura, which only points to this barren website.
When you put it like that... yikes... yeah this might be the worst example of this "our game isn't political" nonsense
Imagine thinking that's the best decision.
I am usually for leaving dev's alone but yeah these people need to be roasted to the end of time for this dumbass propaganda. Either they are DoD shills or just having politics so astoundingly naive they need to be roasted til the end of time.
Pfffffft HAHAHAHAHAHA
The bullshit that comes out of their mouths deserves nothing more than outright laughter.
The bullshit that comes out of their mouths deserves nothing more than outright laughter.
Pretty much, like making a game about the war of 1812 and trying not to be historical.
I think the coarse dismissal of this is a little unfortunate. There could be a good, and honest, debate about this topic. Certainly, when the game was initially being designed/launched it was definitely political but it's been 15+ years. I am not sure what the mythical boundary video games from political commentary to "historical fiction". I mean, hell, people are blowing each other up in hundreds of historical video games daily - battlefield, etc. I remember playing Platoon on my friends Tandy in the mid-80s. That was around the same timescale difference, and Vietnam was extremely political (Platoon as a movie was as well... and in the game you have to kill another GI as the "boss").
I don't know what the right answer is - and video games let us explore complex ideas and provide insights to war/combat/etc in ways that no textbook can. If it's handled correctly that is - not sure if this is that case. But "they can fuck right off" without playing it or really thinking through it doesn't lend itself to the right discourse nor the potential videos games - as a medium - can provide society to think through these things.
I don't know what the right answer is - and video games let us explore complex ideas and provide insights to war/combat/etc in ways that no textbook can. If it's handled correctly that is - not sure if this is that case. But "they can fuck right off" without playing it or really thinking through it doesn't lend itself to the right discourse nor the potential videos games - as a medium - can provide society to think through these things.
It only replays a controversial battle from a controversial, illegal war sparked by a Republican President to finish what his Dad started.
Yeah, not political whatsoever.
Yeah, not political whatsoever.
