A National Tragedy Is Not Content: South Korean Families Demand Call of Duty Footage Removed
Bereaved families in South Korea want clips of the deadly 2022 Seoul crowd crush cut from Modern Warfare 4. For national-identity-minded readers, it is a test of respect for family memory and national grief.
Bereaved families in South Korea have demanded that the makers of Call of Duty remove footage of the deadly 2022 Seoul crowd crush from the latest installment of the video game.
The clips appear in the opening moments of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. They are seconds long and show a figure performing CPR and bodies lying in the street.
The footage is used to represent a scenario of civilian casualties during a fictional North Korean invasion. For national-identity-minded readers, using a domestic tragedy as a backdrop for entertainment is a line many will say should not be crossed.
The bereaved families urged the publisher of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to remove a clip from the game. For many voters, their demand is a test of whether national grief and family memory get respect from a publisher.
Original reporting
The Guardian
Outcry after Call of Duty maker uses real footage of deadly Seoul crowd crush in new video game
Bereaved families have urged the publisher of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to remove a clip from the game that shows a figure performing CPR and bodies lying in the street Bereaved families in South Korea have demanded that the makers of Call of Duty remove harrowing footage of the deadly 2022 Seoul crowd crush from the latest instalment of the video game. The clips, which are seconds-long, appear in the opening moments of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and are used to represent a scenario of civilian casualties during a fictional North Korean invasion. Continue reading...
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- Bereaved families in South Korea demanded that the makers of Call of Duty remove footage of the deadly 2022 Seoul crowd crush from the latest installment of the video game.
- The clips appear in the opening moments of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.
- The clips are seconds long.
- The clips show a figure performing CPR and bodies lying in the street.
- The clips are used to represent a scenario of civilian casualties during a fictional North Korean invasion.
- Bereaved families urged the publisher of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to remove a clip from the game.
- South Korea
- Seoul
- 2022
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