Fidel Castro In Call Of Duty: Black Ops, Revisited
Cuba's dictator or liberator, depends on what side the reader is on, died on last Friday. The gaming community remembers this personality as he did several cameos in Call of Duty: Black Ops. Goes to show that video games, again, has taught more history to kids than schools. Castro's last cameo in COD: Black Ops has stirred the world as it tackles a sensitive issue. Castro came out to be a bad guy in the game.
To recap, Castro was a high-value target, as depicted in real life also, for assassination by the United States. Alex Mason, the main protagonist for COD: Black Ops carries out his orders, successfully eliminated Castro only to find out that the dead target was a body double. Mason was ultimately captured and shipped to Soviet Gulag.
The scene stated above can be played in COD: Black Ops' first mission and the public has immediately noticed it after the game's launch. Cubadebate calls it an unacceptable piece of American propaganda. The site also took a jab at Washington for its recurring failures to eliminate Castro.
They also expressed that what the US couldn't accomplish in more than 50 years, the country is doing in via video games. The site also added that what COD: Black Ops does is stimulate sociopathic attitudes to gamers, particularly children and young teenagers, in North America.
Another cameo Castro did was in 2009's The Godfather 2. The player is set out to Cuba to kill Castro on Hyman Roth's behalf. The outcome is still the same. Castro is untouchable and lives on.
Some say video games and politics don't mix but that doesn't stop the people funding it to inject a secret message within the game's contents. Be it intentional or not, gamers should be aware and understand completely that what they are playing is just a game and it should not play with their minds and decision-making.
