Cuba Labels Black Ops As "Doubly Perverse"
Call of Duty: Black OpsWell, you knew someone had to get annoyed. Pretty soon, the unknown zombie contingent will step up, claiming decades of unwarranted abuse from the video game industry.
The latest big story concerning Call of Duty: Black Ops involves a very upset Cuba, who has denounced the latest CoD entry for its "doubly perverse" propaganda concerning former president Fidel Castro. According to this AP report, state-run news site Cubadebate is really harping on Black Ops for a mission set in Havana where the target is a young Castro. You can find the original source through the link above; we're not putting it here because spoilers abound. Fair warning. Anyway, Cubadebate says quite frankly that "what the United States couldn't accomplish in more than 50 years, they are now trying to do virtually." And the reason it's "doubly perverse" is because it both "glorifies the illegal assassination attempts the United States government planned against the Cuban leader" and "stimulates sociopathic attitudes in North American children and adolescents." ...hmm, we're willing to bet they care more about the first than the second. Just a guess.
The issue with Castro notwithstanding, we say the game is pretty damn good, despite a few issues that don't have anything to do with Cuban offense.
Related Game(s): Call of Duty: Black Ops
Tags: cod black ops, call of duty, black ops, cuba, activision
11/10/2010 9:25:30 PM Ben Dutka
Put this on your webpage or blog:
Email this to a friend
Follow PSX Extreme on Twitter
Comments (41 posts)
Killa Tequilla
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 @ 9:39:56 PM
Reply
0 up, 5 down
Jawknee
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 @ 9:44:19 PM
Reply
7 up, 11 down
frostface
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 11:23:55 AM
As for the rest of the world, we all go to holiday in Cuba. We see they have excellent health care for their people. And most people that travel to Cuba want to go there while the Castro's are still running the show. A lot of people are more afraid that when Castro's dead and gone (although I'm aware Fidel himself isn't actually running the show anymore), everything will change and not for the better.
Granted a lot of Cubans escaped to America especially back in the 80's but he's got a rather large following of supporters amongst him own people.
So I guess a lot of people care about what this tin pot dictator feels :)
5 up, 2 down
Jawknee
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 12:12:45 PM
Last edited by Jawknee on 11/11/2010 12:14:39 PM
3 up, 5 down
frostface
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 1:10:42 PM
4 up, 2 down
Jawknee
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 2:28:34 PM
2 up, 5 down
mike rlz
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 9:19:41 PM
4 up, 1 down
Jawknee
Friday, November 12, 2010 @ 12:42:06 AM
1 up, 4 down
Underdog15
Friday, November 12, 2010 @ 9:52:58 AM
The rest of the world did nothing about Hitler? Are you kidding me, man?
While my grandfather was fighting in WWII since 1937 when the war ACTUALLY started, American's didn't get involved until 1941 when they got their asses bombed at Pearl Harbor. Even today your damn history books think the war started in 1941... We Canadians and other Commonwealth countries were trying to do something about them loooong before the American's stepped in to help.
lol... 1941... tell that to Poland, Austria, Holland, or France...
You know... Holland celebrates and honors Canadians for their acts in WWII... not Americans. To this day, many of the Dutch still honor Canadian soldiers. (My wife's family immigrated to Canada... her grandmother still tells the story about how fighting began in her occupied town, they were hiding Jews, soldiers came in after the fighting, they thought they were all dead expecting the Germans to have won... the soldier said to my wife's grandmother's mother, "mother mother, look -points to union jack- Canada, Canada, you are safe!") Actually, she still cries about that moment. LOL!
But yeah... a lot of the world was doing something about Hitler... a lot.... and well before the States decided to, too. I'm not trying to blame the states for anything, but that elitist "we ended the war" thing is pretty lame. It's far from the truth to think the US did it single handedly.
2 up, 1 down
Jawknee
Friday, November 12, 2010 @ 11:03:49 AM
1 up, 1 down
Underdog15
Friday, November 12, 2010 @ 12:09:03 PM
It was difficult to do anything about Hitler before hand though. He was rising to power and was a symbol of hope while the Germans were still recovering from WW1. Most of his agenda was hidden at that point. He first came to power by election, afterall. I can see how he snuck up to power, especially when surrounding countries were also recovering from WW1. Most European countries had virtually no military. It was a recipe for disaster.
0 up, 0 down
Snaaaake
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 @ 10:04:21 PM
Reply
And I'd kill to have my name in a video game, even if I got killed in it.
1 up, 1 down
Killa Tequilla
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 @ 10:08:45 PM
0 up, 1 down
BTNwarrior
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 @ 11:40:42 PM
Reply
2 up, 2 down
BikerSaint
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 12:21:09 AM
Reply
The era of JFK, Castro, The Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban Missile Crisis are already in the history books, so I Don't hear Cuba being upset about that.
I do have to say, it was a very scary time for a 10 year, such as myself back then, when we didn't know if they'd fire those missiles at us or not at any time.
John F Kennedy made a gutsy play, & it worked, or I seriously doubt that anyone here would even be enjoying gaming at all right now.
Last edited by BikerSaint on 11/11/2010 12:27:00 AM
2 up, 2 down
Orvisman
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 9:21:38 AM
He says they were ordered to standby the guns and be prepared to fire.
2 up, 0 down
___________
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 1:23:35 AM
Reply
yous should be over the moon, not complaining!!!!
7M sales in one day?
HOLY TAP DANCING CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!
3 up, 4 down
BikerSaint
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 5:57:21 PM
Matter of fact, please thank your dad for me personally.
1 up, 0 down
Underdog15
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 8:53:15 AM
Reply
2 up, 0 down
coldbore
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 1:14:36 PM
Reply
1 up, 1 down
Alienange
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 2:39:16 PM
Reply
0 up, 2 down
Thinker
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 2:44:41 PM
Reply
Admittedly, the Devs are western, so there will be a western slant, but not everybody who doesn't align with US Corporate interest is evil. Next you will be going on about how Hugo Chavez is evil and the US should be "saving" Venezuela and their oil, just as we did with Iraq.
Last edited by Thinker on 11/11/2010 2:45:52 PM
3 up, 1 down
Jawknee
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 2:59:27 PM
1 up, 4 down
Thinker
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 4:17:57 PM
Maybe it's you who needs to take a look at world history, and not just world-history-as-supplied-by-the-US-media?
Are you a Fox News and Glenn Beck/Sean Hannity regular, by any chance?
Last edited by Thinker on 11/11/2010 4:19:18 PM
3 up, 1 down
Jawknee
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 5:21:28 PM
1 up, 3 down
Thinker
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 11:03:25 PM
"You people", huh? You claim to not be a Foxbot, but you sure talk like one. So, because I disagree with certain overt militaristic sentiments and endeavors, like the Iraq fiasco, I'm spreading anti-American propaganda? So someone who does not support unnecessary invasions, Lockheed-Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Halliburton and oil companies is anti-American now?
Hmm, now who were the last faction that used to talk like that?
Last edited by Thinker on 11/11/2010 11:06:59 PM
1 up, 2 down
Jawknee
Friday, November 12, 2010 @ 12:32:58 AM
2 up, 1 down
Thinker
Friday, November 12, 2010 @ 8:55:06 AM
Then what did we go there for?
Was it the WMD?
Oh wait, they didn't exist.
Was it giving them freedom?
Who are we to interfere in any other sovereign country's matters? And anyway, we split their country up, nearly caused civil war there, and this at the cost of much, much more than a hundred thousand civilians, and probably inspired a new generation of Iraqis to sign up for fundamentalism.
I would ask you to look at other media sources rather than "embedded media" for a somewhat unbiased account of what goes on there.
Last edited by Thinker on 11/12/2010 8:55:25 AM
0 up, 2 down
Jawknee
Friday, November 12, 2010 @ 11:16:27 AM
2 up, 1 down
Thinker
Friday, November 12, 2010 @ 1:13:15 PM
If we HAD found WMD, do you honestly think publicizing that would hurt the US cause? Really? What world do you live in?
"I have delt with you nutters far to often"
Your generalizing reminds of certain sections of the populace.
"Your ideology prevents you from absorbing facts and reason"
The pot calling the kettle black?
"As far as I'm concerned, Sadam is dead, they are a democracy now in the heart of the middle east, we didn't get any oil and the Iraqi's I know and who are my friends are grateful."
Oh yes - they are living THE life out there in the middle-east, aren't they? And Iran is just DYING to get some of what Iraq is having, isn't it? Yes, maybe we should "free" some Iranian civilians from the chains of life as well.
"Anyways I'm done with this nonsense"
You can say that again - I'm done with your asininity.
Bye.
Last edited by Thinker on 11/12/2010 1:17:44 PM
0 up, 2 down
Jawknee
Friday, November 12, 2010 @ 1:43:54 PM
Better to stand by and watch their government continue to rape, pillage and murder their own people? People weren't shot, beaten and arrested for protesting their government in the last Iranian elections? Pathetic.
1 up, 0 down
Thinker
Friday, November 12, 2010 @ 3:19:48 PM
Help should NEVER be shoved down another's throat, but offered modestly ONLY when requested.
Going by YOUR theory, you should also be open to interventionism from other countries in US sovereign matters, correct?
How about we solve the problems in OUR OWN country first - starting with unemployment, lack of healthcare coverage for everyone, education budget and the like before we head off into another country to shoot some more "forignurs" in the face? As the saying goes, "charity begins at home".
BTW, look back at history and you'll notice that Iran was doing reasonably well until the 60s (or was it 50s?) when western countries intervened.
"People weren't shot, beaten and arrested for protesting their government"
By the way, are you talking about Iran or the US, because that is precisely what happened during the Bush administration, but "big media" decided not to report that, considering that anybody who dared to question the Orwellian practices being conducted by that administration was labeled a traitor.
Last edited by Thinker on 11/12/2010 3:28:50 PM
0 up, 2 down
Zorigo
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 2:56:18 PM
Reply
1 up, 0 down
Sol
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 2:56:46 PM
Reply
2 up, 0 down
roger75
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 3:12:41 PM
Reply
0 up, 0 down
BikerSaint
Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 6:15:44 PM
Reply
But with that said, I had no qualms & made no bit*ching what-so-ever when MOH originally used the Taliban name.
I also had no qualms & also made no bit*hing that anyone could "PLAY" as the Taliban & could kill our soldiers.
See the key word there, as in "PLAYING"?????
It's only a game, that's right, yeah, I said it...."IT'S A GAME"!!!!!
So let's wake the f*ck up people, and stop trying to become one of those same self-appointed safety nanny's that you so bitterly f*cking complain about.
You don't like a game for what ever reason, then just don't buy, rent, borrow or even play it, end of story.
I'm so tired of this whiner mentality.
Rant over
2 up, 0 down
Underdog15
Friday, November 12, 2010 @ 9:54:04 AM
P.s. The Castro you kill is a body double anyways..............
1 up, 0 down
animalmother
Saturday, November 13, 2010 @ 8:55:14 PM
Reply
When i was in a mechanic class, there was a 40 year old Cubano, good guy, smoked Cohibas at lunch, he always said while Castro wasn't perfect, he was liked by many and further loved.
0 up, 0 down
Killa Tequilla
Reply
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 @ 9:39:25 PM