Video games
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Video Games & “Virtual” Sins
The Gamer’s Dilemma Chad Vance / Professor / William & Mary College - The Dilemma: We’ll start with two assumptions: Murder is morally wrong. Also, pedophilia (i.e., sexually molesting a child) is morally wrong. In the real world, the verdict is the same: Both acts are wrong. Now imagine a VIDEO GAME where the gamer’s objectives involve molesting children. Very likely, you are morally opposed to ...
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The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens
Gamers with the Army, Navy, and Air Force are spending hours on Twitch with children as young as 13. Jordan Uhl / The Nation - Have a nice time getting banned, my dude,” Army recruiter and gamer ...
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Tough Times for Military Recruiting
How COVID-19 is impacting the Delayed Entry Program and threatening the health of recruits. By Pat Elder / National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth, NNOMY - June 8, 2020 - Read the ...
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Army recruitment today is less "Be all you can be" and more "Call of Duty"
Taylor Allen / Colorado Public Radio - The main source of light in this dim, warehouse-sized room in suburban Denver comes from rows of screens. Each panel shows fast-paced military action — ...
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Playing War: How the Military Uses Video Games
A new book unfolds how the “military-entertainment complex” entices soldiers to war and treats them when they return Hamza Shaban - According to popular discourse, video games are either the divine ...
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Meet the Sims … and Shoot Them
P.W. Singer - The rise of militainment. The country of Ghanzia is embroiled in a civil war. As a soldier in America’s Army, your job is to do everything from protect U.S. military convoys against ...