Vietnam - A Belated Gaming Invasion?

Thanks to the New York Times for its article (free reg. req.) discussing the plethora of recent videogames based on the Vietnam War. The piece notes: "Before the year is out, the game industry will have released five major titles involving a conflict that it has largely ignored for nearly two decades", and muses: "World War II games have in principle been simple to design. But because Vietnam changed the rules of engagement, the virtual battles had to be chaotic and the goals less clear." The article ends with a quote from one of the creators of Shellshock: Nam '67, arguing: "With video games, I think you can be more neutral. You can say, this is the environment. Go and experience what it was like and then come up with your own verdict of what you think of war."

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Vietnam

[elasticwings]

All I know is I loves me some Battlefield Vietnam. I can just hear my soldier screaming as he falls to the ground from a sniper wound, "Why Nixon WHY?"

Re:Vietnam

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't confuse the children with facts. This is Slashdot, you can't let the truth get in the way of the Republican bashing.

Man that war was wh4ck!...

[gnovos]

Damn, if ONLY the Americans had known about the quad powerup behind the stairs to the left of the embassy, the Tet offensive could have ended up completely different. War is hell.