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Kuma\War is a free tactical first and third-person shooter created by the new American company Kuma Reality Games as their first game, and the Department of Defense. It was released in 2004 mingling propaganda with entertainment. Even before the game came out, it came under fire in August 2003 by one of Britain's most respected and highest ranking soldiers. The first mission of the game (named "Uday and Qusay's Last Stand") is the assassination of the two sons of Saddam Hussein, Udai and Qusay, whose completion is then praised by a moderator as "a turning point in Operation Iraqi Freedom" and "a milestone in the 'War on Terror'". In 2004 a mission was added (called "Fallujah: Operation al-Fajr") set in Falluja where the soldier's official stated mission is to "dodge sniper fire and protect civilians." Kuma's attitude towards the Iraq war is supportive. The missions, ripped directly from recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, are presented in a way resembling a cable television news broadcast. The player also gets information read out by retired US officers. Like other games sponsored by the US military, such as America's Army, Full Spectrum Warrior and SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs, the producers claim that the game was made with special attention to realism so that the game's content is taken as a serious and accurate representation of war, the main distinguishing feature in Kuma\War being an extensive back-story for each of its missions putting the mission into a political context and blurring the line between real and fake news. New missions for the game — produced regularly and based on current real-world military conflicts — can be downloaded for paying US$10 a month according to the developers and every episode from the collection of Kuma\War missions can be played as an online multiplayer game, which in turn can be played in one of three modes.
See also
External links
- Kuma\War Website
- "DEMILITARIZING THE PLAYGROUND"
- "The Pentagon Invades Your Xbox"
- "War games in a time of war" by MSNBC