Computer game based on terrorism?

Tigershard · 03-31-2004, 05:51 PM

Kuma Reality Games has announced that Kuma\War, a subscription based war game, is now available:

Created using real-world missions from breaking news events, the subscription-based online service is a tactical, squad-based game that brings top stories from the war on terror directly to the consumer's PC. "Kuma\War" delivers real-world news events in a way never-before-seen in the world of video or computer games. Just weeks after a military event occurs somewhere around the world, "Kuma\War" will create a re-enactment of the conflict, using advanced 3D gaming tools, and deliver the mission to a subscriber's computer. At launch, "Kuma\War" will give players a "boots on the ground" experience of recent military missions, such as Uday and Qusay Hussein's Last Stand in Mosul, Iraq; Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan; and an amazing recreation of a large-scale bank robbery thwarted by American troops in Samarra, Iraq, November 2003.

"'Kuma\War' enables consumers to experience actual missions of real soldiers in the war on terror," said Keith Halper, CEO of Kuma Reality Games. "Players have to devise the tactics and make the hard choices in some of the most important events of our time. For our subscribers, we make the headlines real."

Downloaded via a broadband connection, in addition to new missions, subscribers will receive automatic updates and intelligence information on a weekly basis to assist them in battle. "Kuma\War" will launch with five missions, and then add additional assignments in the weeks to follow, such as part two of the Samarra Bank Heist and the Korean Spy Sub Incident: ROK The Enemy Within.

Personally, I find this sickening and extremely disrespectful. Wars, terrorism, etc. are really sad events, and I think anyone who wants to actually "play" them needs their head adjusted.

03-31-2004, 05:51 PM	#1
Tigershard Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 469	Computer game based on terrorism? Kuma Reality Games has announced that Kuma\War, a subscription based war game, is now available: Created using real-world missions from breaking news events, the subscription-based online service is a tactical, squad-based game that brings top stories from the war on terror directly to the consumer's PC. "Kuma\War" delivers real-world news events in a way never-before-seen in the world of video or computer games. Just weeks after a military event occurs somewhere around the world, "Kuma\War" will create a re-enactment of the conflict, using advanced 3D gaming tools, and deliver the mission to a subscriber's computer. At launch, "Kuma\War" will give players a "boots on the ground" experience of recent military missions, such as Uday and Qusay Hussein's Last Stand in Mosul, Iraq; Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan; and an amazing recreation of a large-scale bank robbery thwarted by American troops in Samarra, Iraq, November 2003. "'Kuma\War' enables consumers to experience actual missions of real soldiers in the war on terror," said Keith Halper, CEO of Kuma Reality Games. "Players have to devise the tactics and make the hard choices in some of the most important events of our time. For our subscribers, we make the headlines real." Downloaded via a broadband connection, in addition to new missions, subscribers will receive automatic updates and intelligence information on a weekly basis to assist them in battle. "Kuma\War" will launch with five missions, and then add additional assignments in the weeks to follow, such as part two of the Samarra Bank Heist and the Korean Spy Sub Incident: ROK The Enemy Within. Personally, I find this sickening and extremely disrespectful. Wars, terrorism, etc. are really sad events, and I think anyone who wants to actually "play" them needs their head adjusted.