Konami blasted for Six Days in Fallujah: too soon, too sick, done in bad taste |
Announced just yesterday, Six Days in Fallujah for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC is already catching some attention - and not in the good way too. Konami is now being blasted for coming up with a video game retelling one of the more extreme incidents in recent war history. People have detested that it's not a good idea to release this game - not now, not in the near future. Some even already want it banned completely.Reported in the Daily Mail, the father of a Royal Marine in the Iraq war aired his rage against the game. With his son being killed in the war, this father has more than one reason to be upset with Konami's prospect of coming up with such a game:
Considering the enormous loss of life in the Iraq War, glorifying it in a video game demonstrates very poor judgement and bad taste... These horrific events should be confined to the annals of history, not trivialised and rendered for thrill-seekers to play out...
It's entirely possible that Muslim families will buy the game, and for them it may prove particularly harrowing. Even worse, it could end up in the hands of a fanatical young Muslim and incite him to consider some form of retaliation or retribution...
I will be calling for this game to be banned, if not worldwide then certainly in the UK.
Meanwhile, UK's anti-war group Stop The War Coalition has its own representative stating:
The massacre carried out by American and British forces in Fallujah in 2004 is amongst the worst of the war crimes carried out in an illegal and immoral war. It is estimated that up to 1,000 civilians died in the bombardment and house to house raids...
The American led assault on Fallujah pretended there were no civilians left in the city [but] over 50,000 people remained in their homes and took the brunt of the violence and chemical weapons...
To make a game out of a war crime and to capitalise on the death and injury of thousands is sick... The massacre in Fallujah should be remembered with shame and horror not glamorised and glossed over for entertainment.
And then there's also Birtish army officer Tim Collins OBE, who played a big role in the Iraq war in 2003. He's likewise frowning upon the game:
It's much too soon to start making video games about a war that's still going on, and an extremely flippant response to one of the most important events in modern history. It's particularly insensitive given what happened in Fallujah, and I will certainly oppose the release of this game.
Pretty strong words spoken against such a new game that's barely even announced or revealed in full. But then again, these guys do raise a valid argument. It'd be intersting how Konami (and developer Atomic Games) will respond to these statements.
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lorifying it in a video game demonstrates very poor judgement and bad taste what about the glorification of those who "fought for their country". also antin-war groups should probably be happy, this game should and should be encouraged to show horrific scenes based on the actual battle. as if it i as disgusting as they claim then surely more people will have acknowledgement of this. games have became much more intense in story-telling also i love the way its ok to make war games, just not ones currently going on, possible so this people acknowledge the horrific-ness, ie vietnam war was lost due to media, and games is a form of media anyway its a game and people should have more sense than to say its disgusting just people it shows the death of a loved one, get over yourself its life and move on
the 1st fellow is a racist epping prick: "It's entirely possible that Muslim families will buy the game, and for them it may prove particularly harrowing. Even worse, it could end up in the hands of a fanatical young Muslim and incite him to consider some form of retaliation or retribution"
I love how it's ok for YEARS upon YEARS for people in the military or families of the military to GLORIFY this sick and unjust war --all the while in those early couple of years defaming any anti-war detractors as 'unpatriotic' -- and then now cry, "Don't glofify this war!" So, we should all go along with the status quo, I presume, and let the military engage in any kind of battle conceivable (and not have any valid say in it). **BUT**, if someone in (or family of) the military says "don't!" we all just better ....shut up again. ?? --All about that "freedom" we're "fighting for", I suppose. ...Personally, I hope Konami makes this game as brutal, gory, and horrific as conceivable. And, that they properly depict the truly questionable decisions made by Allied forces. What better medium to show the younger generation of the horrors of war? --But, if they don't and it's just another WWII or Vietnam -like watered-down war game ..... emcp, you are exactly right: what makes something like Call of Duty perfectly acceptable, but Fallujah a distasteful mess?
i hate when muslim people get mad that americans majoritise them as associated with terrorism. sorry that if the majority of terrorists i hear about on the news are of middle eastern descent. its like if there is a whole white family that turn out to be murderers, ie: the manson family, and one of the women has a child, most people would predict that when the child grows older, that it would become a killer too. this isnt racism, its just being extra precautious.
Then I'm sure you won't mind if I suspect you of being a serial killer, since most serial killers are men.
and are also white lol ohh sorry what a hypocrite i am, i used racist instead of stereotypical....even i mess up every now and then
I am still trying to decide who is right here. There is definately a level of censorship that game developers must enforce on themselves... and something like this... I definitely agree with the second statement. This was not a battle, it was a slaughter. Making a game about something like this... might not be the best idea... If i lived in Fallujah i would look at this like some game developer making a game about crashing a plane into the pentagon. Its just not a good idea. But hey, Im the 400 pound whaleshark in the room. Who cares about my opinion?
How many people died in WWI and II ? How many games are out set in that time period ? If people don't like it, don't buy it, or play it, or even acknowledge it exists....
The Coalition's complaint seems justified because it specifically states the game should not be made because the battle in Fallujah is something to be frowned upon. But the first guy's complaint just says it's shouldn't be a game because of "enormous loss of life". What about the millions that died during WW2 and Vietnam? There are tons of games about those wars, they're acceptable but the Iraq War isn't?
this definitely seems like a topic worth raveling about, RAVEL RAVEL RAVEL RAVEL! but yeh, it's the whole 'game affecting the player' issue AGAIN, it's the parent's and/or the player's responsibility to decide what game they play, it's the player's decision to actually imitate what happens in it, in any way. My personal opinion, i have to agree with the guys, it seems like its made in bad taste, it's like making an airplane game where the objective is to crash into tall buildings, and then getting rewarded for it. I think they should ditch the game, besides it being offensive, there are way too many war games out there anyway so be creative you big bunch of bananas
One big difference about WWI and WWII with the Fallujah incident is that the world wars took place long ago, whereas Fallujah just happened a few years ago. That's one of the arguments raised by Tim Collins. He said it's much too soon for something like this... The wounds are still fresh.
To all you toolbags out there who are trying to claim this as the same ***** jack Thomson tries to pull. You're entirely wrong and not even seeing the picture. Imagine how upset you would be if 9/11 was made into a video game? Or games about world war 2 where you actually go through the concentration camp in great detail - you notice that this is a taboo left out of war games? The people upset with this game had real people they're still morning over (civilian and military) involved in that event. It's not the same as grand theft auto or other games where it is completely fictional and those war games about vietnam and wwI and WWII are hardly accurate at all... they might as well be a work of tom clancy. While I believe in freedom of speech, art, etc... I don't believe just because you have it you should go use it to be insensitive and piss people off. Plus in the end it's Konami's choice - they could still publish the game but maybe with this brought to light they might have realized an error in their way and if they don't think it's wrong at the end of the day they'll still publish it.
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