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Guantanamo Bay: Coming to an Xbox near you
Stephen C. Webster
Raw Story
Monday, June 1, 2009
The Guantanamo Bay U.S. military prison is coming to an Xbox 360 and Windows PC near you in just a few short months. But, it’s not what you think.
This is the most initially-horrifying-but-not-really-that-bad news item I’ve come across since that curious chocolate-vanilla flavored, Obama-themed ice cream treat.
The game, Rendition: Guantanamo, is being developed by Glasgow studio T-Enterprise, better known for Web-based flash games and topical, viral fare. (See: Puck Palin, Bush’s Boot Camp.) Set in 2010 (”because that’s when we think the camp will be closed,” studio executive Zarrar Chishti told Game Politics), the story is based on the experiences of Moazzam Begg, a British Muslim man who was captured by the CIA in Afghanistan, wrongfully sent to Guantanamo and held for years without charges.
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In the game’s story, the United States has sold the prison to mercenaries calling themselves the very Bushian-sounding “Freedom Corp.” The Freedom people then brought in scientists to experiment on the inmates. The main character, who does not bear Begg’s likeness, is captured and brutally tortured, then shipped off to Guantanamo.
Begg, whose wife gave birth to a son six months after he was imprisoned, did not meet his progeny until the boy was three years old. Similarly, in Rendition, the main character’s driving pathos appears to be news that he’s got a son on the outside.
So … “It is time to fight back,” declares the trailer.
Watch it:
Begg reportedly has a financial stake in the game but has not yet received any money for it. Quoted by Game Politics, he appears to tread lightly on its sensitive subject matter:
The only thing I am concerned about it making sure the game does not misrepresent the prisoners. This will not demean the reality of Guantanamo but it could bring those issues to people who would not usually think about it.
The developers also say that U.S. and British military personnel are not the target of the main character’s escapist rampage, only mercenaries.
Come to think of it, this could be the start of a positive, if not at least interesting trend in mainstream gaming.
That is, if it doesn’t suck.
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June 1st, 2009 at 5:02 am
well it will suck what a stupid fuckn idea.just like in real life.
June 1st, 2009 at 6:24 am
LOL, maybe they will have some hidden *bugs* in it like Grand Theft Auto, where you can rape, sodomize guards with broomsticks, or torture people for pure pleasure, and secret bonus points. Could be a useful training tool for US troops. See when you hook the generator up to his nipples you get to watch him twitch. Each game will also include a free bottle of lube for teenage masturbation during the rape scenes. Got to teach them young.
Gawd bless the usa.
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June 2nd, 2009 at 5:14 am
it would be better if it was sold to civilians and we were doing that to the politicians.id buy it just to make the prick stand in his cell all fuckn day.
June 1st, 2009 at 10:47 am
God, I hope nobody buys this disrespectful, piece of shit of a game. Shame on the developer, T-Enterprise. Interesting that you cant post comments on the video. What a surprise.
June 1st, 2009 at 11:41 am
Budget? The equivalent of two nose picks, half a bottle of milk and a broken black and white small TV. Chances to deliver the message? Ha ha lol fart?
When was the last time we had a game say something smart about the geopolitical world situation?
June 1st, 2009 at 12:22 pm
When is the game coming out where good men overthrow their Tyrannical, oppressive Government, instill a sound monetary system, give each man his rights back, and they all live happily ever after?
Oh yeah…….
June 1st, 2009 at 2:16 pm
An “Escape from Guantanamo Bay” video game? That’s not even an original concept in the entertinment world. Serious or funny, it’s wrong to make movies and video games centered around a place where the amount of human suffering that went on is still being kept secret. They wouldn’t realease this material if there wasn’t an audience for it. Sadly, there are people other than the sick fucks in the US government who created Guantanamo that are entertained by rape and torture.
June 1st, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Half Life2 had the escaping part in the beginning. The game had the image of East Germany.
Well, the new game is about escaping from the hand of the US and UK “mercenaries.”
I don’t know why, but this game sounds much realistic for the future of everyone.
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:06 am
Oh Great, why don’t they make a game called , “Welcome back to Auschwitz”.
So out of touch!
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:58 am
as long as they make it cheap i don’t care
June 2nd, 2009 at 9:29 pm
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June 3rd, 2009 at 11:39 am
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