Russian newspaper writes: Destiny and Call of Duty are partly responsible for unrest in Kazakhstan

Video games have been identified more frequently as a cause of problems in the real world. A Russian newspaper accuses games like Destiny and CoD of contributing to unrest in Kazakhstan.

Is that the charge? The state-sponsored, Russian media company “Kommsomolskaya Pravda” wrote an article on the current unrest in Kazakhstan. Putin sent military troops there to deal with the “anti-government protests”.

The Russian newspaper mentions that young people between the ages of 25 and 30 are the reason for the protests. You would have grown up with American video games that deal with destroying symbols of the old USSR. Among these destroyed symbols is the well-known “Baikonur” cosmodrome, which many Destiny 1 & 2 players are familiar with.

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Assassinations and the ruins in the cosmodrome

Which games are supposed to be responsible? The media company blames four well-known games that are said to have encouraged young people to protest:

  • Command and Conquer
  • Frontline: Fuel of War
  • CoD: Black Ops
  • Destiny
The Destiny Cosmodrome conquered by hostile species

What reasons are given? Specifically, CoD and Destiny are brought into focus. In Black Ops you should destroy a rocket of the Soviet troops, as well as kill a general of the former USSR. But the newspaper goes further and mentions the following things that are part of a mission:

In it, the player had to neutralize the guards of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, shoot down the Soyuz-2 rocket, save the CIA agent, eliminate the Soviet general Dragovich, who forced him to work for the Nazi scientists of the USSR after the Great Patriotic War . This liberation mission called “Special Assignment” was written in 2010 by American programmers.

In Destiny, the cosmodrome, also known as the space cemetery, is said to have been the victim of previous coups before the place was overrun by the fallen and the crowd. Such images and events in these games allegedly encourage young players to take action against the Russian system.

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The Russian newspaper wrote the following paragraph:

A completely fresh game from a developer from the United States – Destiny, 2014. There, the Baikonur Cosmodrome is already in ruins in the first mission, and the enemies are aliens. It turns out that scenarios of coups d’état in Kazakhstan were written in the United States 20 years ago.

The “completely fresh game” means Destiny 1, which is almost 8 years old.

Destiny 1 actually shows the devastated cosmodrome. However, the Russian newspaper does not mention that Destiny is set in the post-apocalypse: The whole world of Destiny is a rubble field. So there doesn’t have to have been a “coup” in Kazakhstan for the cosmodrome to be devastated – an alien attack is the more likely cause.

What do you think of these wild claims? Do you think there is something to it and Destiny is really to blame for the protests? Or can you just hold your hair at the thought? Let us know!

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