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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'."
Self important geeks thinking that playing CS all day somehow makes them more politically aware.
I know that the military uses special versions of quake and such to teach some elements of teamwork during combat, but please, can we finally just admit that, for us, these consumer military games are useless fluffy fun, no matter how "realistic" they become?
Delusional mouse jockeys get on my nerves.
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The fact that the game always forces the enemy side to be terrorists should be enough reason to ban this game.
I can understand American Army vs. American Army from beginning to end. That's fine. WTF kind of properganda is that to make the enemy terrorists automatically. Boycott it. That's like making all enemies in Doom III republicans.