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The Cat and the Coup

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.

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Release Date:

Jun 15, 2011

Developer:

Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad

Publisher:

Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad, USC Games

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Features

Single-player

Languages:

	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	✔
French	✔
Spanish - Latin America	✔

Title: The Cat and the Coup
Genre: Free To Play, Indie

Developer: Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad

Publisher: Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad, USC Games

Release Date: Jun 15, 2011

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Awards

Indiecade 2010 - Best Documentary Game
Independent Games Festival 2011 - Nuovo Award Finalist
Games for Change 2011 - Knight News Foundation Runner-Up

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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?