Video Game Shows Why Drug War Can't be Stopped Manuel Rueda - ABC/Univision
go to original May 24, 2013

NarcoGuerra is a challenging and tactical newsgame that puts you on the frontline of one of the most dangerous conflicts ever; the War on Drugs. (gamethenewsnet)

A game app about Mexico's drug war launched this week. It's called NarcoGuerra, and it challenges you to "end the never-ending war."

Narco Guerra developers argue that the whole point of this game, which is designed for mobile phones and tablets and costs .99 cents, is to make you think about how hard it is to stop the drug trade.

... In NarcoGuerra, you are asked to act as Mexico's Police Chief. You get money, weapons, and troops, and must decide how to deploy these limited resources around Mexico, as you try to rid different parts of the country of cartel activity. Certain actions, like taking down a cartel leader in one area of Mexico, also generate reactions like the emergence of new cartels. This gives users an idea of what the real drug war is like.

Narco Guerra is mostly a strategy game, which makes it quite different from previous games about the drug war that focus on blasting your way through streets infested with criminals.

This new game is actually part of a British initiative called Game the News, which is attempting to use games to get people to think about current events.

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