• @WoolyNelson@lemmy.world
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    179 months ago

    People were in an uproar over “indoctrination” by the game. If your child can be convinced to join the army by playing that game… maybe it’s for the best.

    • @IMongoose@lemmy.world
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      149 months ago

      Ya, idk how this would recruit someone into infantry. I played it for a little bit and it was a getting shot simulator. Idk if I ever even saw someone on the other team.

      • @Fester@lemm.ee
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        209 months ago

        Every game I play teaches me that I will immediately die in real life if anything bad ever happens.

        Every FPS - shot dead immediately. No respawning.

        Scary game - heart attack immediately.

        Every sword game - maimed horrifically.

        Zombie apocalypse - eaten immediately, and I’ll turn into a fat one that explodes later.

    • @warbond@lemmy.world
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      69 months ago

      To be fair, it was a video game aimed at children to teach them how to be good soldiers during a time when the US was entering a deeply unpopular war under false pretenses.

      Around the same time there were all sorts of lawsuits surrounding video games and their effects on children, so maybe it was a double whammy.

      Regardless of any claims for or against violent video games, the Army shouldn’t be recruiting like that.