Cavlin McDermott

Do you think that military use of computer games increases or decreases the likelihood of armed conflict?

To a certain degree, yes. Does it make me want to join the army? no.
Their is a certain degree of simple minded fools out their who will suck up the
saturated media overload of

"AMERICA, FUCK YEA!
COMING TO SAVE THE MOTHERFUCKIN DAY YEA!"

The military created this game solely for the purpose of raising recruitment numbers.
It just happened to be that the video game audience ate it up and like a wildfire, and
the military knew how to spread its war. I don't necessarily think that videogames increase the likely hood of armed conflict though. Its like the age old question of, do violent video games make violent people?

no.
violent people make violent people.

I think that their are a huge number of people out their who are willing to jump on the bandwagon just because everyone else is.
In final, i think that this video game in particular may be a tool to creating armed conflict via reaching idiots who are all about following a blind cause and more importantly the immediate contribution to a larger picture of convincing the world that the army is the only way to defend patriotism, but i don't believe videogames are a tool to increasing armed conflict. The army is just desperate to reach kids, and figured out that the only way to reach them was by invading the one place they went to to escape the harshness of reality. So in turn the army invaded kids minds by invading their hobbies and habits and convincing them that all their freedom is at stake if they don't fight for it. These blind and dumb fools will follow because they are being brainwashed into believing that their freedom is at stake.
way to go winners.

videogames are a way to enjoy our friends and explore our imaginations, not make wars.

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