![]() ![]() ![]() It’s not hard to see why the game is traumatizing for Iraqis. Within days of the release of the gameplay trailer, more than 16,000 people, mainly Iraqis, signed a petition calling for the game to be canceled. Preying on real-life tragedies for entertainment is morally reprehensible. military aggression into acts of “ sacrifice and courage.” It’s perhaps not surprising that no Iraqi developers were part of the production team and the game’s developers only interviewed 26 Iraqi civilians. Now, the new developers, led by Tamte, have converted this period of history into a simulation, whitewashing U.S. But Peter Tamte, the mastermind of the game, never let go of the idea. Six Days in Fallujah’s initial publisher, Konami, recognized the game’s inherent flaws and ceased production more than a decade ago after widespread criticism from veterans of the Iraq War, politicians, and gamers. It is impossible to retell the story of Fallujah without the context of the battle’s atrocities, especially after the developers admitted in a press release that “the events recreated in Six Days in Fallujah are inseparable from politics.” (This only came after fierce backlash followed their initial statement that they were “not trying to make a political commentary.”) Despite their superficial acknowledgment of the game’s political nature, the developers have failed to understand the repercussions in re-creating the events of Fallujah for entertainment purposes. soldiers in Fallujah and conduct virtual crimes only compounds the ongoing trauma suffered by Iraqis around the world. Preying on these real-life tragedies for entertainment is morally reprehensible, and the opportunity to play as U.S. A once prosperous nation has been left in economic disrepair, with collapsing infrastructure and a colossal civilian death toll. The conflict-and indeed the entire war-was a deeply traumatic moment in history that continues to haunt many Iraqis. The Second Battle of Fallujah led to the deaths of an estimated 800 Iraqi civilians and nearly 100 U.S. Bush’s “mission accomplished” speech, is now deemed controversial at best and a war crime at worst. ![]() Marine: You find yourself barging, uninvited, through the homes of innocent Iraqis in a quest to clear Fallujah of insurgents in the Second Battle of Fallujah.Īlso known as Operation Phantom Fury, the attack on the town, which took place in late 2004, a year after then-U.S. invasion of Iraq, the gamer is placed in the boots of a U.S. According to the gameplay trailer, which the game developers Victura and Highwire Games released a few days after the 18th anniversary of the 2003 U.S. In an upcoming first-person shooter video game, Six Days in Fallujah, you can relive one of the bloodiest battles ever conducted by the U.S. ![]()
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