I found the comment of bad guys very interesting. In the army they use the term bad guys when engaging the enemy. It seems they use this term to dehumanize there opponent. Just like in Half-Life the soldiers that u fought in the beginning of the game are waring gasmasks and flack jackets, so if u kill them u don't care that they died even though they might have kids or need this job to support there family. It is the same in America's army most of the bad guys are waring ski masks. They do this in films as well if they don't want you to care about the character they cover there faces. I also find it fasinating that the army is taking advantage of the adictive nature of people who play games. Adults and kids spend hours upon hours playing video games I guess whatever works to get your propoganda out. See this question of violence that you ask us is a very heated debate in the gaming community. Some people say by playing violent video games will release peoples violent tendencies and calm them down. Yet on the other side it may increase there violent tendencies because there is a reste button and kids may get the inclenation that they are god. Just reecntley there was a bunch of robbings nere rockridge where a group of kids aging between 14 and 12 robbed 10 people in 3 hours. You can say that violent games effected these kids going out and robbind people, but that is just a cop out. Personally i don't think it decrease or increases the violent rates of America. I believe that anyone who has a violent tendency will find an excuse one way or another to take action.