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Operation Iraqi Freedom - The Game 60

Posted by simoniker from the many-post-liberation-patches-required dept.
Thanks to the Dallas Business Journal for a brief article announcing the release of F/A 18: Operation Iraqi Freedom, an Atari-distributed PC flight combat game that's just about to ship, less than 4 months after the start of the real-life campaign. The game's official website has more information on the title, which allows you to "..jump through your television directly into.. the F/A-18 Hornet.. load up with precision guided munitions and bring the forces of freedom to bear on the Iraqi regime of terror." And yes, this upgrade of GraphSim's earlier popular F/A 18 Hornet flight sim really does exhort you to "Kick Some Ba'ath" on the features section of its site.
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  • Kinda sad, actually (Score:4, Insightful)

    by captainktainer ( 588167 ) <captainktainer@y ... m minus language> on Saturday July 12, 2003 @02:36AM (#6422545)
    Sad, and disturbing. Sad because, once again, game companies are exploiting jingoism to sell games. Disturbing, because whatever popularity this game amasses may bleed over into the Bush Administration's efforts to hide the truth.

    I wonder if the game will mention the civilian casualties caused by the bomb-dropping. On a much more serious and perhaps even scary note, I wonder if the game will have missions to "destroy the weapons of mass destruction" and then reward the player with feedback indicating that yes, indeed, weapons of mass destruction were destroyed. If so- *if*- then I am saddened to think that the game will further contribute to the misinformation that many Americans still suffer from.

    • Re:Kinda sad, actually (Score:5, Insightful)

      by Michael.Forman ( 169981 ) * on Saturday July 12, 2003 @04:10AM (#6422822) Homepage Journal
      You make two excellent points.
      • It is wrong to capitalize on group-exclusive hatred.
      • The game serves as a vehicle for propaganda.
      The use of immersive games as a vehicle for propaganda is an important issue which didn't exist ten years ago. What is even more interesting is that there is no collusion between the creator of the game and the American government. If nationalism can be popularized, profit-seeking companies will create vehicles for propaganda without external guidance.

      Michael. [michael-forman.com]
      • > It is wrong to capitalize on group-exclusive hatred.

        Wait, who hates who in this scenario?

        > If nationalism can be popularized, profit-seeking companies will create vehicles for propaganda without external guidance.

        What do you mean "if"? I don't know what world you're living in, but over here there has been a plethora of games based upon real wars, with a heavy does of nationalism on the side. And it's not a U.S.-only thing. In Japan, for instance, you can buy wargames that have you play the J
    • Wait a minute, isn't this the same Slashdot that defended GTAIII and like games (remember the Hellmouth series?), saying that it was just a game? Maybe you guys could all get together and create "Black Hawk Down", and thrill to the ability to drag an American soldier through the streets. By the way, you forgot to abuse Tony Blair, GW's "lapdog". You must have missed him as you were wiping the rabid froth from your mouth. Vote next time instead of making sure every Slashdot subject degenerates into "it's

  • Cheat codes (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 12, 2003 @02:40AM (#6422557)
    Heare are the leaked cheat codes.

    Type IDONTGIVEASHITTOTHERESTOFTHEWORLD to toggle God Mode on.

    Type IDOGIVEASHITTOTHERESTOFTHEWORLD to plant fake nukes and bombs, so they can be found.

    Type F117 for stealth mode

    Type ELECTIONSAPPROACHING to have access to all budget, all weapons, ammo and 200% armor

    Type CHEMICALWEAPONSHOAX to get beserk strength

    Type IAMSADDAM to get temporary invisibility

    Type IAMTIRAQIINFORMATIONMINISTER to boost the mood of your troops
    • Type IAMTIRAQIINFORMATIONMINISTER to boost the mood of your troops
      No, that's not correct. That turns on the "fantasy" mode.
  • What kind of fun is this game going to be with no-one shooting back at you?

  • A proper endgame (Score:4, Funny)

    by fm6 ( 162816 ) on Saturday July 12, 2003 @02:51AM (#6422591) Homepage Journal
    To be really realistic, when you win the game, you should be required to buy and play an endless series of "occupation" games!

  • This should be packaged with... (Score:3, Funny)

    by Sevn ( 12012 ) on Saturday July 12, 2003 @03:13AM (#6422669) Homepage Journal
    The Sims Hosed Economy expansion pack.

    You'd get laid off and watch CNN all day. You'd get
    to do awesome stuff like hunt for jobs with 750
    million other players. You'd get to watch the
    Gov't spend billions on foreign "concerns" while
    not taking care of things at home. I'd also like
    to see a Sims Decreased Corporate Oversight
    expansion pack, and a Sims Operation Civil Liberty
    Removal one too.

  • Rant/bitchfest (Ignore this post) (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Mmm coffee ( 679570 ) on Saturday July 12, 2003 @03:38AM (#6422744) Journal
    "..jump through your television directly into.. the F/A-18 Hornet.. load up with precision guided munitions and bring the forces of freedom to bear on the Iraqi regime of terror."
    I am so sick and tired of this "raa raa we are American we are the second coming of Jesus with an 8 inch dick" hyper-BS propeganda. Wasn't the Iraq war about weapons of mass destruction? Where's the WMD? Why haven't I heard of any WMD being found without it being debunked 2 days later? Shrubya got a hard on for Iraq, the boys at the top spat in the face of the UN and pissed everyone off, and in the end we went in to find WMD. But then you find nothing and suddenly everyone forgets about the WMD that everyone was so afraid of. In the blink of an eye the mindless flag-waving faux-patriots went from "Oh dear God, Saddam's going to kill us all!" to "We're freeing the people of Iraq because we're nice guys, isn't it great?"

    Orwell's 1984 is overquoted so much today that it's unreal. And yet every single time I look at the news I am so starkly reminded of it. We are at war with Oceanina. We have always been at war with Oceaninia, and the earth itself will open wide and swallow us all if we didn't bomb Iraq to hell so we could free the people from the very beginning. What the hell is this? When exactly did I start having to defend the fact that what happened a year ago actually happened? Nobody says crap about WMD, it's all about freeing the people. Screw the Iraqis, until we find a big assed nuke with "Hi there!" painted on the side we've just taken out a government for no good reason other than "they pissed us off". But nobody cares. We freed some people! We are America, our farts smell of petunias. Everytime I hear someone state that we had the right to bomb the hell out of a nation of people "just because we're the U.S." my faith in humanity dims.

    This game sickens me. Here is a video game based off government propeganda and bad news reporting. Take the most basic BS about this war, toss it into a 3D engine, and BOOM - you've undoubtedly got millions of idiots willing to shell out $50 so they can stop watching CNN and start blowing the hell out of some brown guy in the privacy of their own home. Gotta love the Iraqi war. If the face of freedom is a nice big bomb, then I must have really got some lovin' back when Lisa Campbell racked me in the nads back in the 8th grade.

    I love the principles that America was founded on. That's why I'm ashamed to call myself an American.

    I really need a fattie. Too bad the shnizt's illegal.

    • Don't be ashamed to call yourself an American.... just be ashamed of being lumped in and classified with the bottom feeders of our country. You know, the small minority with the biggest mouths and wallets. It's a shame the the rest of the world sees us as assholes becuase of those very people I mentioned, when in fact, the majority of our citizens are decent, good-hearted people.

      And yes, this is a twisted game. Please feel free to email the below and let him know how you feel.

      Public Relations
      Mike Po

    • I totally agree with everything you said!

      One day Iraq has its finger on the button and the next the mass graves that we found were our whole reason for going in...Duh! Taking Saddam out is a good thing, NOBODY can dispute that, but the minute that the massive hard-on Bush had (The state of the Union) turns out to be flawed what does he do but turn coat and say "We did a good thing! Other people were wrong! Not me!....Bush/Cheney 2004"

      Whatever happened to "The buck stops here?" At least Clinton took full
    • Here is a nice collection of links [instapundit.com] that completely undermines your argument. Feel free to ignore them completely, as I'm sure nothing will change your mind.

      But take heart, we'll be rid of Bush in another five and a half years or so.
      • All that page seems to be is a bunch of rhetoric with a few out of context quotes to back it up.

        All the old bio weapons degrade over time, so sure there is no evidence showing they are explicitly destroyed, but they would be uesless anyway.

        And this page does nothing to debunk the lies that have come out.

        The powers that be said that Iraq could launch a chemical or biological attack within 45 minutes.

        If they were that prepared then surely someone would of found evidence by now.

        They also used "evidence" w
        • (the quotes are from Pres. Bush) "surveillance photos reveal that the regime is rebuilding facilities that it had used to produce chemical and biological weapons" -despite photos we can't find them? oh wait- we went there and there was no evidence of illegal activities "We know that the regime has produced thousands of tons of chemical agents, including mustard gas, sarin nerve gas, VX nerve gas" -THOUSANDS OF TONS all missing without any of our surveillance noticing them get disposed of (hell how do you d
    • I'm Dutch. The Dutch rulers almighty had decided they would support this war on principals (or something like that). And now a few months later they send 1100 people to Iraq. I feel betrayed by my government.

  • Ethnocentrism (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Michael.Forman ( 169981 ) * on Saturday July 12, 2003 @03:51AM (#6422774) Homepage Journal

    Ethnocentrism is a word coined by William Graham Sumner in an attempt to capture the generalized attitude that one's own group is comparatively superior. It is a generalized concept that encompasses such blights as racism, sexism, nationalism, and religious intolerance.

    In our culture it is not acceptable to create a sexist game where men hunt down women nor is it acceptable to create a racist game where whites hunt down blacks. Yet we can create a video game where Americans can kill the foreigner du jour. Although currently it is unfortunately culturally acceptable among some of the population to participate in this nationalism, it is in no way different from the less acceptable forms of ethnocentrism such as racism and antisemitism.

    Before you come out in support of such a game, realize that, this is group-exclusive hatred and just like McCarthyism, it is only a matter of time before it falls out of favor with the general populace. Then what will people think of your posts?

    Michael. [michael-forman.com]

    • In our culture it is not acceptable to create a sexist game where men hunt down women nor is it acceptable to create a racist game where whites hunt down blacks.

      Not acceptable to whom? I guarantee you both games exist. Do some people protest them? Sure. And some people will protest this game as well. Do some people play them? Sure. And some people will play this game as well. Most of us, on the other hand, will worry about things that actually matter, instead of some stupid video game.

    • Although currently it is unfortunately culturally acceptable among some of the population to participate in this nationalism, it is in no way different from the less acceptable forms of ethnocentrism such as racism and antisemitism.

      Huh? Nationalism has always been culturally acceptable, for the entire history of the world. And unlike racism and antisemitism, there can be actual reasons behind the phenomenon. Surely you can't argue that Saudi Arabia is a better country than Belguim, or that China is b
    • The you are sure going to be pissed when Atari releases "Birth of a Nation: the lost missions" next month...
  • lets learn how to take over the rest of the world..looking forward for "Invade Iran"and "Over take Egypt "series...

    Makes me sick!!
  • One deck of the "Iraqi Most Wanted" playing cards. Mmm-MM! That's g-oooooood profiteering!
  • If you want a "War in Iraq" style game, might I suggest Quest for Saddam [questforhussein.com]. It's a FPS which has been available for several months as a downloadable game. Price is very good.

  • terrorist simulation (Score:1, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward
    How would an Al Qaeda protagonist game go over in the US, with objectives like dirty-bombing San Fran? If it sounds shocking, you now understand how this game feels to an under-represented fraction of the world.

    Take the high road and don't buy this game.
  • I thought the campaign was supposed to be named Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL).

    [Apologies to Saturday Night Live.]
  • its a fucking game morons! other games have been made onb wars. are youtellin me medal of honor or bf1942 are immoral becasue they dont talk about the political reliaties of the war or civillian caualties?
    this disucsion is so pathertic it reminds me of some censorship group bitching about how doom makes you want to go kill people.
    • very well put, albeit with a few typos, though I can see how this game can be seen as propaganda. U.S. was dammed if they did and damned if they didn't on the whole Iraq thing. Either the U.S. let Saddam make a fool of it or ignore the rest of the world and take out Saddam. I am pleased because they took the "kicking-ass" solution because to tell you the truth, I'd rather those people be "free" than making France and the rest of the world happy. I put free in quotes because no one is really free, but th

  • Pathetic (Score:1, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Thank you to the makers of this game, because it is the perfect parody of the US led-war on IRAQ.

    What the hell is "the forces of freedom" ??
    Basically shows how George and his staff have the US believing this is a Star-wars like world where the US "forces" are fighting the "dark side" or as he calls it "people who hate freedom". At least now the USS Condeleeza Rice can sail safely to get its shipment of cheap IRAQI oil, with production costs being about 1/4 that of US wells (TIME mag.)

    Hey, maybe it will ke
  • "Joshua" from Wargames summed it up best:

    "A strange game, the only winning move is not to play." -- WOPR

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