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Re:UK counter-terrorism unit demands Steam withdraw controversial shoo...
on Sunday December 01, 2024 @06:40PM (#42291622)
Here's quick summary:
- game exists (similar to it's current form) since 2022. No civilians. Military styled players. Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
- no one bats an eye
- developer adds a cut-scene of a military styled player paragliding into a base
- everyone looses their mind
Re:UK counter-terrorism unit demands Steam withdraw controversial shoo...
on Sunday December 01, 2024 @06:23PM (#42291536)
It doesn't have to represent anything. Just as CS 747 map (CounterStrike, 747 Hijack map [1]) represents nothing, even though "we have seen that before".
Re:UK counter-terrorism unit demands Steam withdraw controversial shoo...
on Sunday December 01, 2024 @06:15PM (#42291482)
Yeah, that's my point: describing military-styled persons paragliding as "October 7 scenes" is really stretching it.
Re:UK counter-terrorism unit demands Steam withdraw controversial shoo...
on Sunday December 01, 2024 @06:06PM (#42291418)
I just went over a year worth of updates/release summaries and nothing suggest that Oct 7 attacks were added! If it's judging by this [1]:
> The game drew the attention of terror police because it included scenes of players paragliding into an Israeli army base and killing soldiers.
That's the only connection to the Oct 7 attacks.
Also when you look at the graphics and gameplay, the 'combatants' are all in military style uniforms. Nothing even remotely suggest there are civilians involved.
[1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/11/26/terror-polic...