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Coming Soon: Rendition Gitmo, The Video Game

By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Mon Jun 01, 2009 at 08:54:48 PM EST
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Via Atrios and Pufferfish, get ready for Rendition Gitmo, the video game.

A SCOTTISH firm is set to make millions from a computer game based on Guantanamo Bay. And they have brought in Moazzam Begg – one of nine British Muslims held in the jail before being released in 2005 – to help them get it right.

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The Glasgow firm T-Enterprise hopes to make £3 million pounds from Rendition: Guantanamo where gamers play terrorist suspects trying to escape from the prison. Begg, 41, has been helping them get the details right, and will even have a staring role in the game.

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    Coming Soon: Rendition Gitmo, The Video Game | 16 comments (16 topical)

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    I guess there is nothing that (5.00 / 2) (#4)
    by Anne on Mon Jun 01, 2009 at 10:33:07 PM EST
    someone won't try to make money on, but I have to say that this is too disgusting for words.

    Wow, I guess torture is now entertainment. (none / 0) (#1)
    by vml68 on Mon Jun 01, 2009 at 08:57:44 PM EST
    n/t

    Sadly, the worst forms of (none / 0) (#2)
    by Inspector Gadget on Mon Jun 01, 2009 at 09:09:11 PM EST
    torture seem to be found in the movies. Violent crime and torture mixed into interrogations have been a primary topic in tv and film for decades.


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    You are right.... (none / 0) (#3)
    by vml68 on Mon Jun 01, 2009 at 09:30:21 PM EST
    I was thinking more in terms of active vs passive entertainment.

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    Gen. Petraeus now admits (none / 0) (#5)
    by Peter G on Mon Jun 01, 2009 at 11:05:28 PM EST
    violations of the Geneva Conventions, according to Scott Horton's analysis of Petraeus's recent Fox interview.

    if Geneva was violated... (none / 0) (#16)
    by diogenes on Tue Jun 02, 2009 at 10:06:49 PM EST
    If Geneva is a controlling legal doctrine here that was violated then the GITMO inmates are POW's who have no right to a trial.

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    Awesome (none / 0) (#6)
    by SWERN on Mon Jun 01, 2009 at 11:28:48 PM EST
    Think about it, just because they are making a buck, the world will finally see exactly what was going on and still continues to go inside Gitmo.

    I have a feeling that what we think happened isn't even close to the real deal.

    If this game has a real feel it will be used politically for a long time.  If it is verifiably accurate, it could get some people in very deep trouble.  It probably the closest thing the public will ever see of the ninety some tapes the CIA destroyed.

    Not to mention a great recruitment (none / 0) (#7)
    by oldpro on Tue Jun 02, 2009 at 12:47:56 AM EST
    tool for the terrorists, wouldn't you say?

    Sick, sick, sick.

    It's not a subject for a game.  These folks will be sued in the future for every nickle they make on the game...by the survivors of an attack by someone trained with 'the game.'

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    The game is basically about breaking out of prison (none / 0) (#8)
    by MrConservative on Tue Jun 02, 2009 at 02:04:47 AM EST
    So basically it's sort of like GTA.  Maybe the makers of GTA should be sued for INSPIRING TEH CHILDRENS TO STEAL CARS?!  I really don't care what you think.  I love GTA, I love playing it, and I am the biggest humanist you will ever meet.  I'd never actually do anything that I do in the game.  

    And it's beyond ridiculous to say that it has any intrinsic value for "terrorist training".  You silly nanny-staters have no respect for freedom of speech.

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    FWIW...humanists usually do (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by oldpro on Tue Jun 02, 2009 at 12:50:22 PM EST
    care what others think.

    Nevertheless...when boys want their toys, nothing else much matters, eh?  It's all about you.

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    I'm with you... (none / 0) (#10)
    by kdog on Tue Jun 02, 2009 at 08:24:17 AM EST
    nothing relieves police state stress like a good old fashioned GTA rampage...I could see myself digging this game...I love a good prison break theme.  And I too couldn't hurt a fly in real life.

    Plus I think it will raise even more awareness about what a human rights embarassment the place is.

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    Are you sure about this? (none / 0) (#12)
    by vml68 on Tue Jun 02, 2009 at 12:15:11 PM EST
    the world will finally see exactly what was going on and still continues to go inside Gitmo.

    How real are you expecting this game to be?
    Will prisoners going on hunger strikes and being force fed with tubes also be part of the game? How about waterboarding? Desecrating the Koran?

    These people are out to make a buck, they are not trying to educate.

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    Presumably Begg (none / 0) (#9)
    by bob h on Tue Jun 02, 2009 at 06:08:44 AM EST
    has filed a claim in British courts against Bush and Cheney for his abuse?  I pray the British government lets it proceed, because we will then be forced to open one ourselves.

    as a game designer (none / 0) (#11)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Jun 02, 2009 at 10:00:00 AM EST
    I am finding it very interesting how political games are becoming.  there was recently a game based on the holocaust that got great reviews from some jewish organizations for its capacity to educate.

    maybe this is a good thing.
     

    Can't we find better ways to educate the (none / 0) (#13)
    by vml68 on Tue Jun 02, 2009 at 12:34:02 PM EST
    public about atrocities?

    there was recently a game based on the holocaust that got great reviews from some jewish organizations for its capacity to educate.

    What's next a game showing women escaping from rapists/abusive spouses? I'm sure that can be marketed as "educational", i.e., bringing awareness to violence against women and at the same time teaching women escape tactics.

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    good luck (none / 0) (#15)
    by Capt Howdy on Tue Jun 02, 2009 at 04:02:44 PM EST
    its not an audience that responds well to lectures.


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