war
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How Video Games Are Helping Returning Soldiers Cope
Like the action movies of the 1980s, mainstream video games view war through a pretty rose-tinted lens. Even when big budget military shooters make an effort with the narrative, war is regularly presented in games as a singular event: ‘a war’ rather than ‘war’; something that parachutes you in for the opening chapter, runs you…
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China’s Military Says Pacific Rim Is American Propaganda
Pacific Rim is doing very well in China, despite some tiny subtitle problems, proving again that the Chinese love giant robots. However, even with all the popularity, the Chinese military isn’t very happy, claiming that the movie is nothing more than propaganda to spread “American values and ideas”.
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Soldiers Used Games To Escape From The Hell That Was Afghanistan
“Every soldier needed an escape.”
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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.