There was a period when the majority of games were based on World War II. We had endless Medal of Honour games and the arrival of the strategic Brothers in Arms. Then we had a period of games based on the Vietnam War with titles like Conflict: Vietnam, Battlefield: Vietnam and Vietcong.

Games based on actual real wars have become scarce and we are seeing a lot of games based on fictional wars like Star Wars Battlefront II and Battlefield 2: Modern Combat. However, we recently had the release of Call of Duty 2 on Xbox 360 and PC. It showed that games depicting one of biggest conflicts in history has more depth and realism then any other game set in a war.

Its so strange that we find war entertaining. I haven't experienced the atmosphere of war and when I play a game like Call of Duty 2, I enjoy it because I know I'm not actually physically there, fighting for my life. I don't think its wrong to make games about war, its a great way of reminding people that its happening in the world and shows the devasting consequences it has. It is, afterall just a game, but war, is not.