Cuban govt not amused with Castro in Black Ops game

The inclusion of Castro within the "Call of Duty – Black Ops" video game does not sit well with the Cuban government. In the beginning level of the hugely prosperous entry within the "Call of Duty" video game collection, players go on a quest to assassinate Castro at about the time of the Cuban Revolution. The video game was tagged as encouraging psychopathic conduct.

Fidel Castro mission causes controversy

Activision came out with "Call of Duty – Black Ops” where there is a Special Operations Group behind enemy lines that the players within the regular game mode go on missions within the Cold War era. There are many flashbacks going on for the missions. Anywhere between Cuba and Vietnam there might be a mission. Assassinating Fidel Castro is the first mission to complete. It is during the Bay of Pigs invasion too. The Cuban government is mad about the video game despite the fact that it is one of one of the most successful of all time, Reuters reports. The government of Cuba alleges the game “stimulates sociopathic attitudes” among youth. Cuban officials also bitingly add that the game is the United States trying to do virtually what it “did not achieve in more than 50 years.”.

Castro also part of hidden level

The multiplayer mode of the game features the “Black Ops” zombie's option, where players battle legions of the undead, as outlined by Kotaku. You will find many characters available for play. Among these are Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon, Robert S. McNamara and John F. Kennedy. Cuba didn't talk at all about how Fidel Castro had been within the "Black Ops" multiplayer level. It is fair that the Cuban government is offended by all of this though.

Family Jewels had been mentioned

The Central Intelligence Agency released a record called "Family Jewels." This had been in 2007. There were attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro in the report. Everything from an exploding cigar to poisoning Castro's wetsuit were used by the U.S. government while contracting with organized crime. The video game “Call of Duty – Black Ops” is only a video game, but it touches on what is still a sore subject for Cuba.

Citations

Reuters

reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AA00N20101111

Kotaku

kotaku.com/5677841/you-wont-believe-who-is-killing-zombies-in-call-of-duty-black-ops?skyline=true&s=i

Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Jewels_%28Central_Intelligence_Agency%29