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Sunday, June 10, 2007
When War meets Video Games
Journal Entry #3

War Video games are so popular now because the gaming industry has developed many war video games on the market. With the availability of such video games, the games get more and more popular as it builds interests of many gamers out there. There are many war based video games being released or that have been released already that are now available, all of which attract the interest of many gamers. It seems as though gamers are attracted to such games because they are very realistic and contain exceptionally good graphics and features. I think war video games are very popular because they put people in somewhat real-life scenarios, which make the game that much more interesting and exciting. Gamers seem to be very fascinated by the violence involved in these types of games. Their fascination for war video games might be because they want to experience the feel of military combat without it actually being in real life.
I think realistic war games desensitize people to the horror of war because war games cannot really compare to actual war in real life. War games desensitize people in the sense that they do not realize that the people fighting in wars really only get one life, which is their real life. On the other hand, in games, gamers are given multiple lives or there is an opportunity to simply restart the game. Unlike in real life however, we do not have that option. Gamers may compare war games to life, thinking that they can simply survive war, when in reality it is actually more complex. Also, some gamers enjoy war games thinking it is exciting and fun but in real life, war is the complete opposite. How war is portrayed in video games is not half the horror it really it is in real life. Gamers good at war games may make the assumption that since they are so good at the game they could be good at war as well. But really, that is not the case, war is a more serious matter and fighting at war is very difficult, just because an individual may be good at a game, it still does not compare to real war.
I personally think war video games cause some people to view life as a game. I think some gamers may tend to make the comparison between war in games to war in real life. Often they may think just because they are good at a game they could be good at fighting in war in real life. Also war games may cause some people not to take the concept of war seriously, putting war in a game does not denote a seriousness but instead creates an amusement for people. Although in reality, war is merely a very serious matter and is not amusing at all.


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