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The Politics of the Video Game
illuminata writes "Can the video game industry keep its mittens out of the political slugfest? According to Kevin Parker's article Free Play, they sure can't. In it, he cites Dreamcatcher's Gore and Sega's Legacy Online and Jet Set Radio Future as main offenders. He even goes on to point out how some people want video games to convey their favorite political message in the future. Are there any particular titles or game companies that you think lay on the politics too thick, or is it all just a bunch of foof?"
> What other purpose could it possibly have?
Oh, I don't know - maybe training for the military?
It's not exactly true-to-life, but the Army has been using video games as training utilities for possibly 10 years. When they first introduced a Delta Force-type game to their soldiers, they found that the soldiers were voluntarily playing at all hours - voluntarily training.
It was a totally new concept for them. And you know what? It took off. I'd say that counts as another purpose.
This isn't the first time the public has received some of the military's modifications. Some of the modifications made to Operation: Flashpoint for use in the Army made it into O:F's expansion.
It won't be the last time, either. Full Spectrum Warrior is being used for training those commanding troops.
You're comming down really hard on something just based on a assumption.
-lw
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World without hate or war, invaded. Tragic?
That is funny. If I remember correctly, this was from Data East's Bad Dudes and Dragonninja (I played it on MAME a couple of days ago)
There are a huge number of yeast infections in this county. Probably because we're downriver from the bread factory.
Is this the kind of post that references a proven fallacy just to make a lame joke?
the money to pay for it came out of the Army's recruiting budgets. Thay also said it was a tool for recruitment.
No real secret.
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