Playing the news / by Jigar Mehta and Jeff Plunkett.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Mehta, Jigar, director, producer, editor, director of photography.

Plunkett, Jeff, 1975- director, producer, editor.

Gasway, Marc, composer.

Brague, Chris, composer.

First Run/Icarus Films, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kuma Reality Games (Firm).

Kuma War (Game).

War video games.

Fallujah, Battle of, Fallūjah, Iraq, 2004--Computer games.

Fallujah, Battle of, Fallūjah, Iraq, 2004.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Computer games.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Video games.

United States--Armed Forces--Iraq--Fallūjah--Computer games.

United States.

Armed Forces.

Iraq.

Iraq--Fallūjah.

Video games--Social aspects.

Journalism.

Genre:

War video games.

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (22 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, [2005]

System Details:

DVD-R.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

In 2004, television, radio and print media covered the U.S.-led attack on Fallujah. So did one video game. But can video games do journalism? This documentary examines the role played by New York based reality games company Kuma Reality Games in connecting young people to current events. After designing a video game called Kuma/War based on the November 2004 siege of Fallujah, Kuma Reality began to think of itself as a news organization. But war reporting has certainly never looked like this before.

Credits:

Producers/editors, Jeff Plunkett, Jigar Mehta ; director of photography, Jigar Mehta ; music, Marc Gasway, Chris Brague.

OCLC:

74127710