Apr 27 2009
Konami Pulls Controversial Six Days In Fallujah
In the biggest shock of the day, and I say that remarkably sarcastically, Konami has decided not to publish the ridiculously controversial Six Days In Fallujah, citing a remarkable amount of backlash from angry would be consumers. The thing I don’t understand is, what was Konami expecting?
We’re talking about a war that most people in the world disagree with on principle, and a battle that primarily involved American Soldiers savagely murdering thousands of unarmed civilians in a city that was peaceful to begin with. And Konami didn’t know there was going to be some backlash from their decision to publish a faithful re-creation of one of the worst crimes of humanity in the modern era, and one that continues to rage on? What the hell were they expecting?
I’m all for not censoring anything and just using your own judgment when it comes to entertainment products, mostly because there’s an audience for everything, and not everything is for you. I hate thought police tactics like trying to ban games from being played by anybody just because you don’t like them, I don’t believe in having an attitude that says “I don’t like something, so you shouldn’t either.” But I can understand the backlash here, just because of the controversy involved, the fact that the incidents are so close at hand, and also considering the war is still in progress.
But the main thing to take away from this is the absolute stupidity of whomever is running Konami. I still refuse to believe they didn’t figure people would be this upset over a game based on what’s happening currently in Fallujah.
I think it’s just time sensitive. Every war is a despicable thing, but we don’t mind playing through them after the fact. I think the fact that this one is ongoing is what makes it controversial. It’s like finding entertainment and joy in the real life danger faced by today’s soldiers. Personally, though, I’d have no problem with it being published. If a movie came out about the invasion, I’d be ok with that. Being against this would seem hypocritical.
clearly you know little about the battle of fallujah. you have really blatant innacuracies in this post. during the November assault on the city, nearly all civilians had packed up and left the Fallujah. the Marines and soldiers going in fought in a relative ghost town, with insurgents hiding in corners or buildings ready to line up the perfect headshot. Fallujah was also not a peaceful city to begin with. the 82nd airborne who were in the city a year before the invasion were constantly having trouble with insugents assaulting their bases. infact fallujah was a notoriously violent city. what prompted the invasion was the brutal murders and public mutilation of 4 us backwater contractors. the iraqis said the violence in the city was because of the US so the airborne pulled out and left the city to itself. the city became a hotbed for alquada and was way more violent with the Americans gone. do the research and stop spreading lies on the internet to other ignorant losers like yourself
However you want to interpret the facts to make America look less like the bad guy, or however you want to interpret them to make you feel as though we aren’t the horrific enemy in this war, by all means feel free.
But it’s common knowledge that American troops fired on unarmed civilians on many occasions. That’s the only point I was trying to get across.