Tag: militainment
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The Pentagon Looks to Videogames for the Future of War
Nicholas Thomson - The first real computer, the ENIAC, was built in 1946. The first computer war game appeared two years later. It was built by the Army Operations Research Office, and it was as rudimentary as you might think. Since then, the relationship between the military and world of games has gotten endlessly deeper. Veterans help develop popular games, and popular games help veterans ...
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First-person Shooter Games, the US Military, and Serial Killers
Pat Elder - May 23, 2018 - Both Nik Cruz, the Parkland shooter, and Dimitri Dimitrios Pagourtzis, the Santa Fe shooter, were emotionally distraught because of girls who rejected their advances. They ...
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Playing War: How the Military Uses Video Games
A new book unfolds how the “military-entertainment complex” entices soldiers to war and treats them when they return Hamza Shaban - According to popular discourse, video games are either the divine ...
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Meet the Sims … and Shoot Them
P.W. Singer - The rise of militainment. The country of Ghanzia is embroiled in a civil war. As a soldier in America’s Army, your job is to do everything from protect U.S. military convoys against ...
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Playing War: How the Military Uses Video Games
A new book unfolds how the “military-entertainment complex” entices soldiers to war and treats them when they return Hamza Shaban - According to popular discourse, video games are either the divine ...
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Meet the Sims … and Shoot Them
P.W. Singer - The rise of militainment. The country of Ghanzia is embroiled in a civil war. As a soldier in America’s Army, your job is to do everything from protect U.S. military convoys against ...
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Play virtual war as much as you like, but don’t shoot at the Red Cross!
Permanent Observatory on Small Arms, Security and Defence Policies (OPAL) - (See article of origin from International Red Cross below Notes on this Press Release by OPAL) The Permanent Observatory ...
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The Impact of Media Violence on Children and Adolescents: Opportunities for Clinical Interventions
Eugene V Beresin, M.D. - While violence is not new to the human race, it is an increasing problem in modern society. With greater access to firearms and explosives, the scope and efficiency of ...
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Endless War: How Shooting Games Perpetuate War as the New Normal
Patricia Hernandez - As of this year, the war on Afghanistan has been going on for over a decade--making it the longest standing war that the United States has been involved with. The average person ...
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Report shows violence in movies, games can trigger agressive thoughts and feelings
Pat Curtis - Two researchers at Iowa State University are part of an international team that’s issued a new report on the effects of exposure to violent images — such as scenes in movies, games or ...