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Critics Condemn Violent Video Game Set In Juarez

Posted by TerranceV | Uncategorized | Posted on March 31st, 2011

Story By: by John Burnett

A still from the video game Call of Juarez: The Cartel.

A still from the video game Call of Juarez: The Cartel shows two men aiming guns at each other. Critics say the video game dehumanizes the people who have been killed in the Juarez drug wars.

“Their problems are so severe, and then for people to mock them and make light of them is very, very insulting,” Campbell says. “I mean, more than 8,000 people have been killed in the last four years; and it’s not something to joke about.”

In protest, the Chihuahua state legislature has asked the federal government to forbid sales of the video in Mexico.

A spokesperson for Ubisoft says the game is purely fictional and for entertainment purposes only, created more as an action-movie fantasy than a portrayal of life in Juarez.

Last year, a New York-based cosmetics company abandoned Mexican sales of a makeup collection that caused similar objections because its ashen hues were said to be inspired by the murders of women in that city.

Originally Published On: www.npr.org – Original Article Here