With the sound of helicopters whirling and Chile's La Moneda presidential palace ablaze, a virtual couple join the resistance movement against a military dictatorship in a video game released ahead of the 50th anniversary of Chile's 1973 coup.
Creator and Chilean sociologist Jorge Olivares spent six years working on the espionage video game 'Dirty Wars: September 11', set during Augusto Pinochet'sThe coup was part of a wave of military rule in South America in the 1970s that, disappeared, tortured and exiled. In Chile, democracy was only restored in 1990 and the memories of the period still loom large.
Olivares said the main protagonists of the 'stealth' genre game, that typically allows players to remain undetected by hiding, were inspired by his own family. "The main characters are basically inspired by my parents' story," Olivares told Reuters. The couple in the game, Maximiliano and Abigail, choose to confront the military regime by joining a resistance group.
Chile on Sept. 11 will mark half a century since the coup, which saw a violent siege of the government palace in Santiago. Olivares said his game, launched on online gaming platform Steam, was not intended as "Marxist propaganda" or an "allegory" for the Allende government. Instead, his intention was to "fully show the context of the time," at an important anniversary of the country's history, he said.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
A half-century after Gen. Augusto Pinochet's coup, some in Chile remember the dictatorship fondlyThe world remembers Gen. Augusto Pinochet as the dictator whose regime tortured, killed and disappeared 3,065 people in the name of fighting communism.
Read more »
A half-century after Gen. Augusto Pinochet's coup, some in Chile remember the dictatorship fondlyThe world remembers Gen. Augusto Pinochet as the dictator whose regime tortured, killed and disappeared 3,065 people in the name of fighting communism
Read more »
A 50 años del golpe militar con miles de víctimas en Chile, crecen voces de añoranza o indulgenciaLa dictadura de Augusto Pinochet dejó en Chile 3.200 asesinados y 1.162 desaparecidos, incluidos niños, tras un golpe militar que ha recibido la condena internacional y de muchos en el país.
Read more »
A 50 años del golpe militar con miles de víctimas en Chile, crecen voces de añoranza o indulgenciaLa dictadura de Augusto Pinochet dejó en Chile 3.200 asesinados y 1.162 desaparecidos, incluidos niños, tras un golpe militar que ha recibido la condena internacional y de muchos en el país.
Read more »
This Week in Houston Food Events: Catch the Hatch Chile While You CanHere's a look at this week's hottest culinary happenings: Tuesday, September 12 Grand Opening at Tumble 22 Austin-based chicken joint Tumble 22 will celebrate the Grand Opening of its newest location at 1017 Houston. Serving up Texas hot chicken in the form of sandwiches, bone-in pieces and tenders, plus stiff...
Read more »
Chile's Codelco to hand over 24,000 hectares for glacier parkChilean state-owned mining firm Codelco will give up some 24,000 hectares of land it holds concessions to near the Andes mountain range for a new national glacier park, the chair of the board announced on Monday.
Read more »