Operation Epic Furious: The Political Gamification of War

Secret Handshake installed Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell, an unwinnable pixel-art arcade game on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

The game satirizes U.S. messaging around airstrikes on Iran by turning war into a mocking, impossible-to-win arcade experience.

Caricatures of figures like Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, and Kash Patel appear in the installation, which frames conflict as gamified propaganda.

The project shows how interactive art can challenge official narratives and reshape public perceptions of war.