Call of Duty is the latest game deployed to celebrate the Trump Administration's violent tactics
The official White House X account posted a video intercutting footage of recent strikes in Iran with clips from Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, including a 'killstreak' animation. This action drew criticism for appearing to celebrate violent tactics, with White House communications director Steven Cheung responding with 'W's in the chat, boys!' The article also notes past instances of government agencies using video game imagery for messaging.
- Entities
- Company: Microsoft
- Company: Activision
- Game: Halo
- Topic: Marketing
- Game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Game: Pokemon
- Topic: Politics
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