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Video Game Panic And Islamic Fear Mongering: Together At Last

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3:00PM April 15, 2011 | Mark Serrels

Baseless media attacks on video games we’re used to that. Violent crimes occur, middle-aged men find a way to blame the thing they don’t understand – in this case video games – we get that. Borderline racist Islamic scare-mongering, we also get that. US media outlets are generally terrifyingly Conservative and cater to a bizarre culture of fear. But what happens when you combine the two? This article, The World of Holy Warcraft, happens. More »


In Real Life

Indoctrinating The Veterans Of A Virtual War

6:00AM March 1, 2010 | Owen Good

In the past year, 70,000 men and women enlisted in the U.S. Army. Sixty-seven times that amount – 4.7 million – played Modern Warfare 2 on a console or PC, released one day before Veteran’s Day. More »