Bye Bye “Six Days in Fallujah”

WOOOT!

Konami’s controversial “Six Days in Fallujah” is official canned.

The Japanese game company, most famous for Silent Hill and Metal Gear Series, decided to pull out from the ill-informed project.
Konami has been cited stating that “We had intended to convey the reality of the battles to players so that they could feel what it was like to be there.”

Yes, I am pretty confident that a videogame can successfully present information from both sides to the gamer, and that the gamer will not identify with the protagonist who kills citizens.  Yeah- right!  I haven’t played the game, but something tells me that this game will not be informative as Konami painted it.

Videogame will never be an adequate resource for information.  Just look at the failed Mario’s educational games.

Source:

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/apr2009/gb20090428_228395.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_global+business