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The Cat and the Coup

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Developers	Publishers	Release Date	Price	Buy The Cat and the Coup
Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad	Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad USC Games	15 Jun, 2011 (14 years ago)	Free	STEAM Kinguin KeyForSteam SteamDB

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Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad

USC Games

15 Jun, 2011 (14 years ago)

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Description

In The Cat and the Coup, you play the cat of Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran. During the summer of 1953, the CIA engineered a coup to bring about his downfall. As a player, you coax Mossadegh back through significant events of his life by knocking objects off shelves, scattering his papers, and scratching him.
The game, situated within the traditions of Persian miniature art form and cold war foreign policy, asks players to consider their connection to Iranian history. The Cat and the Coup is both about the relationship between the Western video game player and Mossadegh and, by extension, the United States and Iran. It lays a foundation for today’s critical question -- how do the people know when their democracy is threatened?