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Contest Seeks Real-Life Battleground Stories for Online War Game

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 29, 2004 - 4:09am.
New York -- Online game developer Kuma Reality Games on Thursday announced its "Stories From The Front" contest, which aims to find the most compelling real battle story from a U.S. soldier, which will then be re-created for the company's "Kuma\War" online game. The company uses real world headlines as fodder for its military PC game, which has recently featured levels such as "Uday and Qusay Hussein's Last Stand in Mosul"; "Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan"; "Fallujah Abizaid Attack" and "Battle in Sadr City." "It's our intention to create an interactive record of this war, and gaining the personal involvement of soldiers who participated is essential," said Kuma CEO Keith Halper. The contest's winner and three buddies will appear in the playable episode as 3D game characters. New York-based Kuma Reality Games also said it is donating $1 of all paid subscriptions from "Kuma\War" to The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, created to assist families of soldiers killed in the line of duty. "We've already received a wide array of contest submissions ranging from entries from soldiers fighting on the frontlines today, to entries from soldiers who fought in wars from years past such as Vietnam, who want their stories to be told," said Sarah Anderson, Kuma's vice president of marketing.
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