Making a game about a specific attack that, at best, was purposefully indiscriminate, and at worst, directly targeted civilians is a bit more than the normal fare though. COD probably came closest with their false flag airport mission and that was a fictitious event.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Making a game about a specific attack that, at best, was purposefully indiscriminate,

I mean it also targeted the Israeli military so it definitely belongs in a game where you play as a Palestinian resistance fighter. Also the game was made in 2022 and only has a level about October 7.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah that's a good point, we play Vietnam games with zero recognition of what probably happened to the villagers. I think it probably comes down to what someone thinks the main purpose of the attack was.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for the information. I really didn't know about that attack and was on my way out at the time so I was more reacting to generalities and what was right in front of me.

I don't mean to suggest that anything and everything should be socially acceptable as freeze peach, just that I feel some people are being disingenuous and should be expected to point out an actual problem like "Look here, the rewards you get vary based on the racial and religious background of every civilian you kill!" Killing civilians who happen to be present regardless of other matters is murder. Killing opposing military personnel regardless of other matters is battle. Killing people because they're Jewish is murderous antisemitism. Not wanting something seen doesn't make it a crime... but I think some people are so stuck picking sides that even mention that there's another point of view offends them 🤷

That said, could be Hamas is pure evil for all I know and there's just no way to present anything they do without it being disgusting. I just... bleh, maybe it's an autism thing. There's a nit there that I can't help but pick 😅 I want more sincerity and sense in this world.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

To be fair I think the hostages/dead civilians are more because they're Israeli than their religion. There's definitely anti-Semitism in Hamas, but Hamas was founded to resist brutal occupation tactics.