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Israeli Defence Force Makes A Game

To help spin the good spin in its current stoush with Hamas, the Israeli Defence Force has launched a program called IDF Ranks. It’s essentially a game about being a mouthpiece for the Israeli Defence Force.


Japan Invading China Recreated At A Chinese Amusement Park

The Eighth Route Army Culture Park in Wuxiang county, China, allows visitors to dress up at Chinese or Japanese troops. And then shoot each other with phony guns.


These Army Soldiers Love Commanding Space Marines

I’ve always gotten the sense that a lot of men and women in the United States Armed Forces enjoy a good game of Call of Duty — the fast-paced first-person shooter is a good way to blow off steam.


10 Years Of Civilization II Lock The World In Perpetual War

This is kind of amazing: one gamer over on Reddit has been playing the same save game of Civilization II off and on for the last decade. That itself is not the amazing part.


The Best Video Games Can’t Predict What Kim Jong-Un Would Do To Win War

It is curious that there are far more games on a Soviet invasion of West Germany that never happened than a Communist assault on South Korea that actually did. It is even more curious that there haven’t been more games on a Second Korean War, given how volatile the region is.


Where Video Games And Real Military Training Meet

Analyst PW Singer, of the Brookings Institution, has written several books examining how warfare and the military operate in the 21st century. He’s previously written on the intersection of combat and entertainment.


America’s Most Lethal Sniper: "War Sucks"

Sniping is a key part of gaming. Whether you’re playing Call of Duty or Team Fortress, you’re often either being sniped or doing the sniping. It’s become such a common game feature that it’s easy to forget real people are doing real sniping in the armed forces. Like Chris Kyle.


War Crimes In Games Draw Red Cross Scrutiny

One of the world’s largest and most respected humanitarian groups in the world is investigating whether the Geneva and Hague conventions should be applied to the fictional recreation of war in video games.


The Problem With War Video Games

On Monday night I attended a Modern Warfare 3 launch party at a national video game retailer. I was particularly pleased with the diversity of the crowd. I was not the only lady in the house! I spoke with students, an investment banker, a librarian, a building manager, mums, dads, kids, etc.


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