Kill Uday and Qusay All Over Again
Kuma Reality Games has today announced the launch of Kuma\War. Described as a reality-based action game, Kuma\War will be updated weekly with missions and intelligence generated by real-world news. The five missions available to players at launch include Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan; Uday and Qusay Hussein's last stand in Mosul, Iraq; and a re-creation of a large-scale bank robbery that was thwarted by American troops in Samarra, Iraq, in November of last year. "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."
I obviously can't vouch for how good the game is, but the concept is mind-bending. The line between entertainment and news becomes even more blurred..