They STILL think that war is fucking glorious, some people.

[Redstone]

At least according to the commercial I just saw for the video game "An Army of Two."

I have $100 that says NOBODY on that game's development team (or marketers) has ever been shot at.

Redstone

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Here what some vets had to say about video war games

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHz4a_sgqCg&feature=related

[Redstone]

2. Thank you for that link. Shows me that I'm not the only one.

Redstone

[ruiner4u]

3. Haven't you figured it out?

the entitled pudgy youth of today need "bang bang" games so they can grow their first pubes...



America.. FUCK YEAH!

[Redstone]

4. Christ, I hate to have to admit that you're right. But you are.

Redstone

[cbayer]

5. Boys have always played shoot up games.

Although I did not allow toy guns in my home, my boys used anything and everything to shoot at each other and anyone else around.

Didn't you do it?

It seems to be an innate impulse.

[nightrider767]

6. Not a good innate impulse...

Some innate impulses are better left discouraged. Man has plenty of caveman left in him still. Some skills and instincts are better left "undeveloped".

;)

[cbayer]

7. Yes and no.

I had this discussion yesterday about some missile testing that is going on around here.

I hate war. I hate violence. I hate the military, I hate weapons.

But, then again, if there really is evil in the world, do you really want to completely unprepared to confront it?

[nightrider767]

9. Great point

But there is a difference between the caveman's desire to rape women and murder people on sight, versus and the very good instinct for personal and family preservation.

It is an evil dangerous world and the rational, not the primitive mind, is best suited to deal with it.

The rational mind deals with real threats in a logical way. Being an advance human does not in any way preclude self defense and self preservation.

But it certainly does lead to an interesting discussion.

My 2 cents worth.....

Cheers.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. It is not they still, but war games are glorious in all empires

here is a piece of trivia for you... do you know who created the first formal rules for toy soldiers?

H.G Wells, with Little Wars

And to tell the truth, they are fun... if archaic.

When we play wargames, yes we do... we sometimes stop and look our teen opponent in the eye who is going Oh YEAH I KILLED THEM

Realize that tank you killed, it had a crew of five... the company you killed had twelve tanks, you do the math of how many people would not be going home.

Usually that brings back a sense of seriousness... and yes, sand table games are used to train soldiers, and so are video games.

Then again, I can tell the difference, and know a fantasy such as Turok, and an Army of Two are just that... a fantasy... far from reality as you can ever get.

[Thepricebreaker]

10. ITS A GAME - and I plan to buy it... along with millions of others..

its a simple fact that violent games sell..

[ArizonaJosie]

11. Then why does it sell if it's so bad?