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The Political Games Surrounding Video Games
Rayonic writes "We all know the issue surrounding those who want to ban violent games, but a TechCentralStation editorial asks - can playing war games influence your political sensibilities? The media, for instance, are usually very ignorant of what goes on during military maneuvers. But a few days of playing Ghost Recon or America's Army might make you more knowledgeable than the average reporter (or even lawmaker), as the writer argues that 'the spread of military knowledge via wargaming might lead to political changes in the way war is perceived by Americans'."
Does this mean that I will begin to believe that all wars are fought by 13 year olds?
After year of playing war based video games, I like Bush because he pwned teh Iraqi's. Hussein is teh Suxx0r!
You can speculate all you want...
but shouldn't we ask an expert, like matthew broderick?
"It'll destroy you if you try to make it mean anything to anyone but yourself." - Henry Rollins
You certainly can't understand friendly fire incidents until you have played a FPS online and waited for your team's medics to actual give you some health.
WTF kind of planning is that? How can anyone reasonably expect the soldiers to give their personal best when they can't even restore a saved game after getting shot by an enemy soldier? This was definitely a war that was rushed to market. Perhaps we should wait for the first patch to come out before continuing to pursue the war.