This video game has users play as Palestinians killing IDF soldiers on Oct. 7
A new video game allows users to play as Palestinians killing IDF soldiers on Oct. 7; but aren't most video games violent?
Its creator argued that the game is no different from numerous games that allow users to kill Arabs
If I can mow down Arab and Russians and Chinese soldiers in any number of American video games, why not Israelis?
The article talks about gushing blood and gruesome visuals as if CoD didnât ask us to commit a terrorist attack in an airport 15 years ago. At least this game narrows your targets to IDF soldiers, according to the article.
Also, the game historically has had ~25 concurrent players at any given time. I donât think this game is as important as certain people would want you to believe.
To be fair, there was an awful lot of controversy about that CoD mission at the time.
Yeah, that's not the best example. I think the ac-130 mission is a much better example because I don't remember it getting a lot of controversy despite it being pretty non-chalant about you decimating the ground forces like it was just another day in the office (or rather in the air). It's the ultimate "dehumanize the enemy" mission because you could replace the targets with pretty much anyone and the mission would play exactly the same.
It's because right wing people are simping for and sticking up for Israel, and the IDF. Notice how in the Article it's LibsOfTikTok who's calling out the game and encouraging its removal from Steam?
Edit: For people not in the know LibsOfTikTok is an alt-right American internet personality, and also apparently a news curator now. They push a lot of anti-trans hate and alt-right talking points on Twitter, and they're probably a terrorist too.
I can't speak for every case of those game's and their stories and missions, especially since I don't play CoD, but the majority of those targets you're shooting at are actual terrorist groups.
And with statements like:
Its creator argued that the game is no different from numerous games that allow users to kill Arabs
He's basically equating Palestinians, or Arabs, with Hamas. So he is basically saying that Palestinians / Arabs are all terrorists, just like he's basically saying the IDF are terrorists. At that point he might as well go the next step and add the ravers to slaughter and rape.
Also, the game historically has had ~25 concurrent players at any given time. I donât think this game is as important as certain people would want you to believe.
Certain people? Who?
The IDF is objectively, by every definition, a terrorist organization. And the US, EU, Israel, and other such white settler countries already paint all arabs and Palestinians as terrorists.
Oh and for good measure, Hamas isnt a terror org. It's a non profit created by a guy whose family was killed by terrorists.
We have so many games with the same concept, but yet doing it against Israel is a big no no.
Fuck off already Israel.
Is literally nobody going to mention the fact the title of this post says "on October 7th" as if the game is about Oct 7th when it infact was released in 2022. The posters a liar, the article is a liar both to make this seem worse than it is.
This past November, the game released an update called âOperation al-Aqsa Flood,â in which the fighters paraglide into an IDF military base.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_October_Hamas-led_attack_on_Israel?wprov=sfla1
its creator, a Brazilian man named Nidal Nijm
OH MY GOD IT HAD TO BE A FUCKING BRAZILIAN!!! đđđđ
Also, as many on the thread pointed out, so did the creator:
Nijm has a point about the violence normalized in the video game industry; many of the most famous, lauded and widely-played video games feature graphic violence, often directed against Arab enemies. Call of Duty has several installments featuring Arab militant enemies, and itâs the entire plot of games like Six Days in Fallujah.
Call of Duty for brown people. Dunno what's the fuss.
The brown soldier can't shoot the white soldier that is doing a terrorism!!!
I bet the creator of this lazy asset flip is thrilled about this publicity.
Edit: for some reason replies think I'm being sarcastic.
That he has more eyes on the terror of the IDF? Sure. He's a Palestinian victim of the US and Israel.
It's a very clear political statement. Would you prefer if it had a Season Pass and cosmetics shop to meet modern gaming standards?
It is made by one (1) Palestinian so yes.
From the headline, I was ready to read about shooting civilians and bombing waterworks, schools and fucking hospitals. What a yawnfest bull-shit pile of a story.
No, that would be a game where you play as Israel.
If only it wasn't asset flip jank
"all violence inflicted on Palestine by Israel is self defense" is only true on opposite day and is only as true as the corollary because turnabout is fair play.
Never occurred to me before, but a legally recognized opposite day would be like the purge.