Why Spec Ops: The Line Mattered

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🔴 Get my premium monthly newsletter - https://gamemakerstoolkit.com/digest/ 🔴 Spec Ops: The Line has been removed from all digital storefronts, due to licensing issues. Why was this game so important? Let’s understand the context surrounding its release. GMTK Minis are short, scrappy videos designed to let me comment on noteworthy news events. Enjoy! === Sources and Resources === - Sources [1] Spec Ops: The Line delisted from Steam | Eurogamer https://www.eurogamer.net/spec-ops-the-line-delisted-from-steam [2] We Are Not Heroes: Contextualizing Violence... | GDC Vault https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1017980/We-Are-Not-Heroes-Contextualizing [3] Don't Be A Hero - The Full Story Behind Spec Ops: The Line | Polygon https://www.polygon.com/2012/11/14/3590430/dont-be-a-hero-the-full-story-behind-spec-ops-the-line [4] Shooters: How Video Games Fund Arms Manufacturers | Eurogamer https://www.eurogamer.net/shooters-how-video-games-fund-arms-manufacturers [5] Playing War: Military Video Games After 9/11 | Matthew Thomas Payne https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt18j8z64 [6] Game Designer Dave Theurer on "Missle Command" | YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd6uaDQ-qRI [7] Hideo Kojima | Twitter https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1492797335256334336 [8] Spec Ops: The Line‘s lead writer on creating an un-heroic war story | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/07/spec-ops-the-lines-lead-writer-on-creating-an-un-heroic-war-story/ [9] Spec Ops: The Line - Learn about the story with lead writer Walt Williams | Games Radar https://www.gamesradar.com/spec-ops-line-learn-about-story-lead-writer-walt-williams/ [10] Dissecting the Horror: The Mysteries of Spec Ops The Line | 1UP (Archived) https://web.archive.org/web/20160606040421/http://www.1up.com/features/horror-mysteries-spec-ops-the-line [11] Special Edition Spoilercast: Spec Ops: The Line | GameSpot https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamespot-gameplay-special-edition-spoilercast-spec-ops-the-line/1100-6386587/ [12] The touch that transcends violence and death | Chicago Tribune (Archived) https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-it-is-impossible-to-mak/25124667/?locale=en-GB [13] 87% Missing: The Disappearance Of Classic Video Games | Video Game History Foundation https://gamehistory.org/87percent/ - Additional resources Spec Ops The Line... 5 Years Later | Raycevick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dzstxE_5Rc Spec Ops: The Line - A Literary Analysis | Games As Literature https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ1Zp3gNcEI Errant Signal - Spec Ops: The Line | Errant Signal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlBrenhzMZI How Spec Ops: The Line's Opening Manipulates You | Monty Zander https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPm7tKvILrE Having Fun is Wrong: An Analysis of Spec Ops: The Line | Professor Bopper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogg4ITOmYiw === Credits === Music provided by Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/vtdu5y (Referral Link) === Subtitles === Contribute translated subtitles - https://amara.org/videos/zq3te4KZz6ym/