Yesterday, I came across "Call of Apathy: Violent Young Men and Our Place in War," written by an experienced private military "contractor." The author compares war-themed videogames to actual warfare. Comments below the article are also worth reading.<div>
<br></div><div>Certainly war-themed videogames deserve all the criticism heaped on them -- for normalizing violence, for indoctrinating the next generation with false images and narratives, for pre-training future soldiers. Just to put this into perspective economically, the videogame Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, released in November 2011 by Activision, earned $650 million <i>in pre-orders</i>.<br>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size:small"><a href="http://www.mediumdifficulty.com/2012/03/01/call-of-apathy-violent-young-men-and-our-place-in-war/">http://www.mediumdifficulty.com/2012/03/01/call-of-apathy-violent-young-men-and-our-place-in-war/</a></span></h1>
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