We've been covering the grimly predictable outrage over Konami's Six Days in Fallujah, a videogame based on a real-life battle during the Iraq War. While tabloids and families of war dead have already condemned the game without seeing any of its content, a number of veterans have actually expressed support for the project. Kind of undermines the grievances of those who weren't actually in the war, right?
"As a combat veteran and as a gamer, I have no problem whatsoever with the game," explains Sgt. Casey J. McGeorge, who spent 36 months in Iraq. "As long as it's made as realistically as possibly, I believe that this could be a good thing for both combat veterans and for the war in general."
Former Sgt. Kevin Smith expressed similar sentiments: "Hopefully it will bolster support for military veterans by giving civilians insight into what this war was actually like for them... I really hope that this title receives positive press and encourages more empathy towards veterans after gamers have 'experienced' what they have gone through. On a side note, I really hope this game includes co-op!"
USMC Gunnery Sergeant John Mundy added: "You will have your group of idiots that try to be the terrorists and kill Americans and shout obscenities through the TV, damning American military personnel. But hey, those individuals can make fools of themselves all because of the protection that we military people give them each day ... If someone doesn't agree with the game, they can spend their money elsewhere."
Of course, I expect tabloids and special interest groups to ignore all this. It makes it hard for them to try and argue for dead men who may not have shared their narrow views.
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3:00 PM on 04.10.2009
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Gonna kick a little ass
Gonna kick some ass in the USA
Gonna climb a mountain
Gonna solo fly
Gonna fly on an eagle
I'm gonna kick some butt
I'm gonna drive a big truck
I'm gonna rule this world
I'm gonna kick some ass
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Rock, flag, and eagle
But yeah. The sane thing would be for the press to stop talking about the game until its out. 'Sane' being the main word...
I completley support this game. A realistic portrayal of what it was like would be phenomenal. If it is realistic. If it is a balck and white we're good, they're bad. I think it will do more harm than good. It is so very complicated over there. So grey, that it will have to be mature. Call of Duty 4 was terrible in that regard. The game offended me honestly. Army of two, also but that game was a fucking cartoon. But I'm not one to decry anyone or what they do, make what you want, how you want-it's your art.
That being said, I wont play it, because I dont want to relive that. I only saw a couple really bad things over there, but it was enough I dont need to see a reproduction.
Anyways, I hope for it to be a really honest, really well made game that deals with the real issues on both sides.
Nobody may question our Tabloid Overlords.
THIS. MOTHERFUCKERS.
I am not defending its contents. I am defending its right to exist, whatever its contents, and its right to not be judged until we see the game.
I've already said that the game could be tasteless. However, I am dismayed at people lining up to condemn it within hours of its announcement. That's pathetic and ridiculous.
Anything should be given a chance to show what it can do before being thrown into the fiery pit.
Supposedly, there are documentary style interviews that feature real soldiers who tell their stories when you encounter their in-game characters. A great deal of information for the game came from videos, photos and journals that were freely given to Konami by US Marines who wanted a chance to tell their stories after they returned from the war, some of whom are serving as consultants on the game.
I think the timing is a little questionable, releasing a game based on a war that is still occurring, but from what I've read about the actual focus and content of the game it seems like a pretty ambitious idea that could be very interesting for history buffs and gamers alike.
Indeed
Don't say Jim is defending this game because it's a game, we all know Jim hates games unless they have a raped blue mascot.
The funny thing is that I think I would agree with you on your defense of the creation of this video game or any other that is trying to properly address a serious real world issue. I am just troubled at what appears to be shoddy reasoning.
"But hey, those individuals can make fools of themselves all because of the protection that we military people give them each day".
Protection...from who? Does he mean Pre-war Iraq? Deluded doesn't even begin to explain it.
Sometimes I can't see it working but, Its always been there for me.
Its magic , Its not bull , AS a war contractor in the 80s they never forgot me , They never let me down . Iv never needed for anything . Iv never been billed for a Dr . Iv never went without. Uncle Sam has put up with my Psychopathic behavior , and gotten me out of more messes then I deserve.
Don't ever say its bull I'm walking prof the system works . They won't forget your service to them . And I am grateful to the day I die.
Sometime my psychosis gets the best of me , But Uncle Sam Never forgets one of his soldiers.
Maybe someday you will see the difference in Luck and Uncle SAM working behind the seen.