VIDEOGAME.RttP{Homefront}

PC, Xbox, PS3 in early March. I don't know, it looks interesting, they say they will try to emulate the Half-Life 2 guerilla style, if it's a good shooter it might help dilute a heavy dose of propaganda...we'll see

Homefront is set in a near future America in 2027 when a now-nuclear armed Korean People's Army invades the USA. The game is written by John Milius, who co-wrote Apocalypse Now and wrote Red Dawn. The beginning gameplay is reportedly set in Montrose, Colorado.[4]

The antagonists in Homefront were originally intended to be Chinese, but were later replaced by the North Koreans for two reasons: a possible backlash by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and the reality of economic interdependence between America and China that made the Chinese "not that scary." [13]. Said Tae Kim, a former CIA field agent on the game's backstory, and a consultant: "we went to a very rigorous, academic research process to make sure to not only look at North Korea's current state but to look at historical examples how things could parallel and turn events. History repeats itself. From today to the day the invasion starts in the game, if you combine everything, the odds are very very slim this becomes true. But when you look at the storyline step by step, every step is a coin flip but a plausible step. So once you get there, it's plausible. And from there the next step is plausible as well. Even though the whole thing is fictional, it comes with plausible baby steps."[14]

The finalized version of Homefront's timeline was released at end of January 2011.[15]
[edit] Timeline

* 2011: North Korea faces another UN sanction over its latest nuclear test.
* 2012: Kim Jong-il passes away, he is succeeded by his son Kim Jong-un.
* 2013: Kim Jong-un is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and featured on the cover of Time magazine for his accomplishment of Korean reunification.
* 2014: American military withdraws from the Korean Peninsula. General Motors declares bankruptcy for the second time.
* 2015: The effects of peak oil are felt as gas prices reach up to 20 dollars a gallon. Russia cuts off all oil trade with Europe. survivalist literature becomes best selling in America. China's influences diminish.
* 2016: America withdraws its military from Japan and other countries overseas, focusing on its instability back home. Texas splits from the United States, border bloodshed takes place as refugees from other states attempt to enter Texas.
* 2017: Martial law is declared in the United States as its infrastructure crumbles due to financial difficulties.
* 2018: Japan surrenders to the Greater Korean Republic, and is capitalized into a vassal state.
* 2019: The UN is dissolved.
* 2020: Canada closes its borders to Americans.
* 2021: Korean forces succeed in annexing many countries in East Asia. A new pandemic known as the Knoxville Cough begins to spread in the United States.
* 2022: Mexico closes its borders to Americans.
* 2023: The Knoxville Cough ravages the American public. The Korean People's Army reaches 20 million total personnel.
* 2024: The Greater Korean Republic starts launching their own satellites, claiming to bring a message of peace to the world.
* 2025: An EMP Burst is emitted by a Korean sattelite, it completely destabilizes the United States infrastructure. This is followed by the Korean seizure of Hawaii and landings in San Francisco.
* 2026: The United States is split into two as Korean occupiers irradiate the entire Mississippi River and occupies the Western side.
* 2027: The United States Armed Forces are completely scattered.