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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Six days in Fallujah video game comes under fire from UK media

Six days in Fallujah video game
Father of killed soldier expresses concern that Muslim fanatics will buy the game.

Just hours after news emerged that Konami has signed a publishing deal with Atomic Games for its upcoming Iraq war title Six Days in Fallujah, UK newspaper The Daily Mail has reported on the ‘outrage’ felt by some connected to the armed forces.

“Considering the enormous loss of life in the Iraq War, glorifying it in a video game demonstrates very poor judgement and bad taste,” Reg Keys, whose son was killed serving in Iraq in 2003, stated. “It is particularly crass when you consider what actually happened in Fallujah.

“These horrific events should be confined to the annuls of history, not trivialised and rendered for thrill-seekers to play out, over and over again, for ever more. It's entirely possible that Muslim families will buy the game, and for them it may prove particularly harrowing.

Read full post on CDV here...