the new must own game, and it makes a good point

toranokaze · 11-13-2007, 08:53 PM

http://www.cracked.com/article_15660...tion-game.html

It is about the truth

Shawnee123 · 11-14-2007, 09:16 AM

A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?
--Joshua

toranokaze · 11-15-2007, 05:12 PM

Now there is an old gem

toranokaze · 11-15-2007, 05:13 PM

And I'm also dead suck on this one:
http://www.addictinggames.com/bloxors.html

ZenGum · 11-15-2007, 11:12 PM

I liked the game but the point the use it to make was only one of several they could have made.

The point they made seemed to be, stop hassling the troops for doing what seems best to them in an incredibly difficult situation. We cannot condone war crimes, but non-criminal mistakes will happen. The trick is telling one from the other. The findings on the big Blackwater shooting are an amazing case of this: apparently three of the shootings were justifiable, but the other 14 weren't. Go figure.

The point I would have liked to see made was that no politician should be allowed to vote for war, nor media pundit call for it, until they have got through 20 levels this game. War movies and computer games often (not always) leave the impression that it's all much clearer - here's a good guy, there's a bad guy, those are civvies, over there is your clearly defined goal - get that and you win. It's been a long long time since we had a war like that.

Equally, I'd like to see this game as a pre-recruitment test. You can't enlist without getting through it. Do you still want to join? Although it would need a few levels of complete boredom as well, like standing sentry in stinking heat for eight hours every day for a week.

11-13-2007, 08:53 PM	#1
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	the new must own game, and it makes a good point http://www.cracked.com/article_15660...tion-game.html It is about the truth __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

11-14-2007, 09:16 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess? --Joshua Attached Images

11-15-2007, 05:12 PM	#3
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	Now there is an old gem __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

11-15-2007, 05:13 PM	#4
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	And I'm also dead suck on this one: http://www.addictinggames.com/bloxors.html __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

11-15-2007, 11:12 PM	#5
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I liked the game but the point the use it to make was only one of several they could have made. The point they made seemed to be, stop hassling the troops for doing what seems best to them in an incredibly difficult situation. We cannot condone war crimes, but non-criminal mistakes will happen. The trick is telling one from the other. The findings on the big Blackwater shooting are an amazing case of this: apparently three of the shootings were justifiable, but the other 14 weren't. Go figure. The point I would have liked to see made was that no politician should be allowed to vote for war, nor media pundit call for it, until they have got through 20 levels this game. War movies and computer games often (not always) leave the impression that it's all much clearer - here's a good guy, there's a bad guy, those are civvies, over there is your clearly defined goal - get that and you win. It's been a long long time since we had a war like that. Equally, I'd like to see this game as a pre-recruitment test. You can't enlist without getting through it. Do you still want to join? Although it would need a few levels of complete boredom as well, like standing sentry in stinking heat for eight hours every day for a week. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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