The Scuttlebutt | Season 3 Episode 4

This week’s episode of the Scuttlebutt is a bonus episode! We’re talking with Army & Iraq War vets Ryan Ahl and Eric Smith about the new video game Six Days in Fallujah. There’s some controversy surrounding this game, as critics say it sensationalizes the bloodiest battle of the Iraq War—one that killed over 100 US and British trips and over 800 Iraqi civilians. Ryan, Eric, and Shaun talk: is this controversy deserved? What makes “Six Days” worse than other war games, like Call of Duty? Can video games tell the stories of veterans who served—or more importantly, should they? Tune in for this fascinating discussion!

Links to further reading:

www.ign.com/articles/six-days-in-fallujah-is-complicated-and-painful-for-those-connected-to-the-real-events

www.ign.com/articles/six-days-in-fallujahs-first-gameplay-trailer-reinforced-many-of-its-harshest-criticisms

www.ign.com/articles/six-days-in-fallujah-is-complicated-and-painful-for-those-connected-to-the-real-events

kotaku.com/you-don-t-have-to-run-the-exclusive-reveal-for-the-war-1846543966

www.ign.com/articles/six-days-in-fallujah-publisher-seemingly-u-turns-on-politics-comments

kotaku.com/muslim-civil-rights-group-calls-for-microsoft-sony-an-1846645710#:~:text=Calling%20the%20controversial%20first-person,or%20distributing%20Six%20Days%20in

www.military.com/daily-news/2021/04/20/six-days-fallujah-video-game-aims-recount-one-of-iraq-wars-bloodiest-battles.html

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