How about first we charge the real people doing real war crimes, e.g., Netanyahu and Putin? Then we can talk about whether mashing buttons is comparable.
And so very many US presidents.
Yeah, I was considering listing Bush Jr, but then it would have felt weird leaving the others out, and I didn’t feel like listing them all.
I had to look this up. It’s from 2013 and it’s a blog post, but it’s real:
Then they got an Arma DLC which is effectively a red cross training course [story]
Over a decade of knee-jerk gamers responding without reading the article, how time flies
It’s stuff like this getting flung around that helps me remember no one cares about reality
Warframe players: That’s not a war crime. This is a war crime!
Murders an entire battalion with biochemical weapons
Hey!
I mean, yes you’re right, but: hey!
Genocidal space ninja FTW.
Accountable to whom? There’s no victim.
This is a headline that idiots have been reposting forever without context - they’re taking about IN THE GAME
That would be hilarious. Just one CoD that drops a patch and every player who committed a war crime spends entire matches in a prison.
they’re taking about IN THE GAME
Calling in an airstrike to win a round of Call of Duty and immediately transitioning to a JAG themed game of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
No, this is beyond ridiculous, videogames re not real life, they serve as an escape from relaity
It’s still pretty dumb. What Senechaud is proposing is that not far off from the Hayes Code. He’s also suggesting going about it the hard way. Instead of simply proposing that players not be able to commit war crimes, he’s asking that there be an in-game system that punishes players committing war crimes in accordance with international law. His stance is also based on the premise that video games now have realistic enough graphics that they could be used to fake footage of real war zones. In no way does a video capture of Call of Duty resemble reality, even when players are deliberately trying to behave realistically due to a combination of things like walking animations still being kind of off, especially when starting or stopping, and gameplay concessions, like bullets spawning in blatantly incorrect positions when guns are shot. It’s really obvious he’s never played these games he’s complaining about.
You say that, but Arma footage keeps being aired on the news.
Games as escapism is an unhealthy coping strategy, but so are hard drugs and they’re even more fun
Escapism is an appropriate coping strategy for situations where you do not have influence over the outcome.
Where is the harm? Why care so much about things we cannot change?
Naturally, things get hairy when you have some influence but that influence is very small or difficult to measure.
BiDyA gAeMs BaD111one!!
Nah this can’t be a real article.
It’s real but it probably isn’t what you think it is
Ah yeah Arma had an entire expansion on this theme. Press, Red Cross, and civilian playable models. It’s actually a pretty cool concept.
Stellaris players have left
the chatlifeIts not my fault if unwilling fungus people make really good workers.
How many egalitarian democracies do I need to make to pay off my determined exterminator debt?
I’ve made people who’ve rebelled against the hive mind edible and genetically engineered them to be docile and delicious.
Oh cool, so you get medals right?
Yes, a lot of the games you can get medals.
Have you never played a game?
When you beat someone 1v1, you get to keep their PC.
I am always the good guy in games! If anyone asks…
The Bad Guys always think of themselves as the Good Guys…
“I always play the good guys!”
“Which faction do you side with in Fallout?”
This is why I only play zombie shooters. That way I’m only killing the concept of death.
You could also say you’re a doctor fighting against an epidemic.
racks shotgun the doctor will see you now
Given how many times I genocided entire nations in Civilization, I guess they’d better send me a one-way ticket to Nuremberg.