Controversial Video Game Mimics One of the Deadliest Battles in Iraq
Developers, Marines Working on Part Game, Part Documentary Called 'Six Days in Fallujah'
It is billed as the closest you can get to the war in Iraq without going into combat -- a virtual assault launched from the comfort of an easy chair.
"Six Days in Fallujah" sparks outrage from veterans and military families. "Six Days in Fallujah" drops video players into the boots of Marines during Operation Phantom Fury, the most intense urban warfare for U.S. troops in half a century.
"What we are trying to do in the experience is to help people feel and understand just a little bit of what it is like to be a Marine in a modern war," said Peter Tamte, president of the game's developer, Atomic Games.
