- Nov 5, 2011
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Game not Real War topic for you, gamer ..
Call of Apathy: Violent Young Men and Our Place in War: on mediumdifficulty.com: http://www.mediumdifficulty.com/2012/03/01/call-of-apathy-violent-young-men-and-our-place-in-war/
QUOTE:
'I am a private military contractor, and I have an issue with the depiction of war in videogames — or more specifically, the soldiers in those games.
When I say soldier, let me be clear that I am talking about the Infantryman and the Special Forces operator, as I have next to no knowledge about anything outside of this relatively small percentile of service personnel.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of games featuring the military focus on these frontline combat troops in “realistic” action. And that’s where we get problems.' ..
.. 'Only a violent sociopath would play this game.' ..
'Good enough for entertainment, but should war be sterilised and glorified in this way? Here is the crux of my beef with the military videogame genre:
None of the stereotypes exist. They are put in place by a media and a military that hates the wars we fight but loves the men fighting in them.' ..
.. 'Next time you watch a military documentary, ask yourself why only 3 or 4 men are ever interviewed from a unit.' ..
.. 'It’s because the vast majority of us are straight up sociopaths.' ..
.. 'I’ll say it again. Heroes in a frontline combat context do not exist.
Here is a real scenario that should be put into a game ..'
Game is not Real War.
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Game not Real War topic for you, gamer ..
Call of Apathy: Violent Young Men and Our Place in War: on mediumdifficulty.com: http://www.mediumdifficulty.com/2012/03/01/call-of-apathy-violent-young-men-and-our-place-in-war/
QUOTE:
'I am a private military contractor, and I have an issue with the depiction of war in videogames — or more specifically, the soldiers in those games.
When I say soldier, let me be clear that I am talking about the Infantryman and the Special Forces operator, as I have next to no knowledge about anything outside of this relatively small percentile of service personnel.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of games featuring the military focus on these frontline combat troops in “realistic” action. And that’s where we get problems.' ..
.. 'Only a violent sociopath would play this game.' ..
'Good enough for entertainment, but should war be sterilised and glorified in this way? Here is the crux of my beef with the military videogame genre:
None of the stereotypes exist. They are put in place by a media and a military that hates the wars we fight but loves the men fighting in them.' ..
.. 'Next time you watch a military documentary, ask yourself why only 3 or 4 men are ever interviewed from a unit.' ..
.. 'It’s because the vast majority of us are straight up sociopaths.' ..
.. 'I’ll say it again. Heroes in a frontline combat context do not exist.
Here is a real scenario that should be put into a game ..'
Game is not Real War.
Look too on more than 244 comments, please ..
- and get your own here ..
.