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offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2005-08-19 23:07 [#01700904]
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On History Television. Anybody else been watching this for
the past week or two? Tora Tora Tora was on last week, last
night was Iwo Jima, a few hours ago was General Groves, the
Kamikaze segment is just about to end, we're about to move
onto chemical warfare (planes dropping fleas onto towns,
ooh)... lots of fun. The programming is very pro-Japan.
They've endeared themselves to us during the past 60 years
through their great electronics, hentai, video games, etc.

...

I joke and I kid and I include references to anime sex, but
the Kamikaze episode was very moving. I need a hug.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-08-19 23:36 [#01700920]
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on a related note - have you played any WWII shooters?

I played the demos of "call of duty" recently and thought
they were very impressive. but I also get an awkward feeling
from games like these - you know, turning a horrific war
into a computer game.

I had it even more when I played "battlefield: vietnam" a
few years back. it just feels kind of.. wrong.




and - goddamnit - here's your hug..


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offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2005-08-19 23:50 [#01700927]
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OMG *blushes, slowly guides your hand towards my crotch

Yeah, Call of Duty is a rock solid shooter. I was playing
Brothers in Arms for Xbox just a couple weeks ago, that's
another excellent game, great storytelling and presentation,
maybe the best I've seen in a WWII game. I'm going to buy it
as soon as I get some cash, can't wait to finish it.

But yeah, there's a weird morbidity I feel when I play these
games... they try not to be exploitative but it's a fucking
GAME, even if the intent to glorify it isn't there, it feels
awkward killing scores of namless cannon fodder Japs and
Krauts. It's not a good feeling. The EA Medal of Honor games
in particular are bad for this, it's so arcadey, you're a
killing machine. They're not bad shooters but WWII makes a
weird setting for a standard one-guy-versus-an-army game.
The squad based tactical games like BIArms feel better.


 

offline Q4Z2X on 2005-08-20 09:42 [#01701209]
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Haven't they already made some kind of Iraq/US war video
game already?
They mustn't mind the idea of people and soldiers spinning
in freshly-dug graves.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2005-08-20 11:45 [#01701304]
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aside from what you mentioned, they're all gay, boring and
have 99% similar story and gameplay.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2005-08-20 12:36 [#01701341]
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v i c t o r y


 


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