Do you think war video games recruit soldiers?

humans love to fight....why?

I wonder how many humans think war Video games are a form of soldier recruitment. Could these war video games brain wash the human mind into becoming more aggressive, do they give you an adrenaline rush and the feelings of a soldier looking for the opportunity to shoot the bad guy? I know there are countless young men and women in the world's military,most are loyal and very patriotic to their subordinates; inspired from countless tales and films of heroism....their orders are carry out with thoughts of decisiveness but hearts of bitterness. Why is it until the human is on the battlefield questioning themselves "Is this really necessary?" uneasy souls...hmm

It's sad that war is such a profitable dependant in human economics.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdISjHcj9MA

Your thoughts....

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born to die then have to fight to live....that sucks

I say that only utterly weak-minded individuals would be brainwashed in any way by video games.

Most want glory. Want to be called heroes. Think it's cool to kill people. And then there are the patriots...far and few in between, unfortunately.

I have no intention of joining the army. For one thing, if you're a noob in the army, you will die within five minutes. NO RESPAWNS. For another, battles don't last 30 minutes, the last for days. Also, getting shot most likely hurts.

I do believe that people join the army because of video games, and it's quite sad.

Yes, I think they do whether it's on a conscious level or not. There are some diehard FPS fankids at my school and each one claims that they're going to join the military (or different branches of it). I thought at first, "hey maybe that's why they play all these war games/FPS" but upon realizing that they had just recently made the decision and been playing those games since they were young, I figured it was the games that influenced them somehow.Saturos3091

You know, most of those kids are probably horrible shots, and complain about the lack of auto-aim at shooting ranges. :P

well "Americas army" game was created for that purpose, thats not even open to interpitation.wizard90

He iz winnar

There's games made for no other reason then to help convince people to join the military.

It's not even a question of "do you think" it's fact, it's been done before and it will keep on being done.

[QUOTE="Saturos3091"]Yes, I think they do whether it's on a conscious level or not. There are some diehard FPS fankids at my school and each one claims that they're going to join the military (or different branches of it). I thought at first, "hey maybe that's why they play all these war games/FPS" but upon realizing that they had just recently made the decision and been playing those games since they were young, I figured it was the games that influenced them somehow.Mythbuster4ever

You know, most of those kids are probably horrible shots, and complain about the lack of auto-aim at shooting ranges. :P

Mythbusters4eve

lol at auto-aim comment :)

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[QUOTE="Saturos3091"]Yes, I think they do whether it's on a conscious level or not. There are some diehard FPS fankids at my school and each one claims that they're going to join the military (or different branches of it). I thought at first, "hey maybe that's why they play all these war games/FPS" but upon realizing that they had just recently made the decision and been playing those games since they were young, I figured it was the games that influenced them somehow.Saturos3091

You know, most of those kids are probably horrible shots, and complain about the lack of auto-aim at shooting ranges. :P

Yeah, I've fired some .22s and a 9mm, and a 20 gauge, and, well, you feel the shotgun the next morning, and mashing a handgun's trigger is a good way break your wrist, or shoot yourself from the recoil.

[QUOTE="Saturos3091"][QUOTE="Mythbuster4ever"]

You know, most of those kids are probably horrible shots, and complain about the lack of auto-aim at shooting ranges. :P

Mythbuster4ever

Yeah, I've fired some .22s and a 9mm, and a 20 gauge, and, well, you feel the shotgun the next morning, and mashing a handgun's trigger is a good way break your wrist, or shoot yourself from the recoil.

I don't think the US army would have spent millions developing a game and then giving it away for free to teenagers if it didn't help recruitment.

Kinda lame.

Yeah, I've fired some .22s, a 9mm, a .30 and 12-20-28 gauge shotguns. After 150 shots my shoulder couldn't take anymore. The pistol recoil has always freaked me out too, I always feel like I'm going to shoot myself.Saturos3091

The 9mm isn't bad, it just if your not ready it will suprise you, and the shotgun I fired weighed like, 1 pound.

well "Americas army" game was created for that purpose, thats not even open to interpitation.wizard90

Indeed, there are people that are influenced.

I like playing BFBC but have no intentions on joining the army. I do think video games help put my nephew into the armed services.

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Do you think war video games recruit soldiers?Shadow-Syn

They're gonna rappel off of a rope with rock music then as they hit the ground they will dive in slow motion dodging incoming fire from a machine-gun in slow motion as the whammy bar holds a high twang to signify the awsomeness of their uncanny maneuvers.

AS a personal opinion I believe that buying into this argument simply leads to having to concede that video games influence people to do other things. I like to think the majority of gamers (as often represented by some very intelligent GS users) know where the line between reality and pixellation occurs.

That said, there are the minority that are swayed by something like Medal of Honor or Company of Heroes, and believe every person can make it in the service... Mind you, Mario probably convinced these muppets to eat mushrooms and stomp turtles...

You must be a Marine if you joined up after playing COD,lolfewer

[QUOTE="fewer"]You must be a Marine if you joined up after playing COD,lolDivergeUnify

I don't think those fat kids bragging about the size of their dick on XBox Live while playing Call of Duty are gonna be joining the army any time soon.

I highly doubt it. In fact, it'd be interesting to see how many joined the army with video games as a main hobby of theirs.

I should think it'd be the same ratio as number of kids who take up professional sports because of a game.

Will something like this be placed in amusement parks soon?

I'm not joining because of video games, anyone that does would die within 30 seconds. Those are called "Rambo wannabees."iJeff32

Yeah, they would be like. OMG, quit camping, camping is for newbs. Let's rush em. Then they would run around until someone shoots them or until they trip a booby trap. They're the guys that get others killed with their stupidity. No stalking skills nor survival skills. You either hunt or be hunted. That's just the way it works. If you're stupid enough to run around out in the open or travel through expected routes you will be ambushed. Your brain really is your best weapon best tool and best chance of survival. Avoiding a firefight is better than participating in one. So you're either gonna outwit them or they are gonna outwit you.

Plus the fact that anybody could just open fire on you at anytime means you could be sniped at anytime. But I guess people don't realize that.

well "Americas army" game was created for that purpose, thats not even open to interpitation.wizard90

I think that was the big waste of tax dollars.

Why did my money go into making a game instead of actual weapons and equipment for the military, and why was it a horrible game at that? Why?!

[QUOTE="wizard90"]well "Americas army" game was created for that purpose, thats not even open to interpitation.The_Ish

I think that was the big waste of tax dollars.

Why did my money go into making a game instead of actual weapons and equipment for the military, and why was it a horrible game at that? Why?!

They might attract some idiots... because only an idiot would truly believe that a game is akin to reality. People with half a brain will choose to join for other reasons.pianist

What about SimCity 4? That game is akin to reality. My city gets attacked by flying saucers all the time!

[QUOTE="pianist"]They might attract some idiots... because only an idiot would truly believe that a game is akin to reality. People with half a brain will choose to join for other reasons.The_Ish

What about SimCity 4? That game is akin to reality. My city gets attacked by flying saucers all the time!