War Games: The Military Entertainment Complex

[@datamale]

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[@MrPolicekarim]

The Imperial War Museum did an exhibition called WAR GAMES. It was about this very subject. But it was sponsored by REBELLION ENTERTAINMENT. So it was basically all a giant advert for SNIPER ELITE 5. I took some vodeos of it. They are on my channel. Please take a look.

[@sael91]

It feels gross to think I and so many other kids were pulled into playing out what is essentially a reenactment of a real bombing without our informed consent.

[@datamale]

It's horribly predatory, for sure. But to be fair, the upcoming Fallujah game proves that any event can be turned into a gameplay experience if you spin it the right way, even if the audience knows the truth behind what inspired the game. You already know the type of person who's going to play it.

[@Blind_Hawk]

Not many kids were pulled into the army because of this game. Something like 4% or so.

[@Blind_Hawk]

@@datamale Don't be harsh, they are an indie dev team. Their game turned out "meh" because of technical issues and lackluster gameplay. But maybe they turned it around.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

There’s now a pro Hamas game sold on Steam whose proceeds go to “charities.”

[@Blind_Hawk]

@@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive What's the name of the game?

[@Joegelder1989]

Mate, you are literally one of my favourite video essayists on KZbin. Hope you keep at it man you deserve way more views than you’re getting.

[@datamale]

Mate I really appreciate that, thanks so much!

[@googelite231]

This is beyond twisted. I always knew Cod 4 was indirectly referring to the Iraq invasion. If you look up footage of Fallujah in 2004, it’s literally every marine mission in the game. But this is a frighteningly DIRECT replica of an operation the U.S. had. Dialogue and all! As a kid, this was fun. As a 27 yo, I never want to purchase an activision game again. Amazing work and portrayal 👏

[@Blind_Hawk]

How could so many people not know that? They even bragged about it multiple times and was mentioned in many reviews. One of the reasons I love this game so much.

[@cephalopodwizard]

I knew a guy in high school who was really in to America's Army. I'm pretty sure he eventually enlisted. I wish I could follow up with him on this topic. He knew it was a recruiting tool, but didn't have any other ideas on what he could do with his life.

[@salomaobulgaro]

We truly live in a Dystopia

[@beebo7071]

The quality of this video insane for such a small channel

[@Gravity_studioss]

At least "Americas army" failed at making people join the military, I have seen statistics showing that only 4% of people who joined up in that year signed up because of the game. Also, when it was first announced, the game instantly sparked outrage (especially among Veterans) and, upon launch, was instantly flooded by vets with anti-war usernames who would speak up against it in game chat

[@Blind_Hawk]

That's cool, I like that.

[@meias.]

This video and your channel in general are so underrated!

[@Joe-ww8uw]

Incredible video. Severely underrated and well made

[@staidenofanarchy]

That AC130 mission always made me feel really uncomfortable

[@queuedjar4578]

I think by design it was meant to make you uncomfortable. There's no soundtrack that plays during the entire mission, most of it the audio is just an occasional disembodied radio voice and the hum of your plane. There is only impersonal mechanized mass death to observe, and it looks almost exactly the same as how it's done in real life. Probably one of the few missions in COD history that breaks the 4th wall the hardest.

[@abragelboy]

Great (yet terrifying) video! Keep up the good work!

[@CassHoman]

While watching i paused the video to watch the ac130 footage and look at the comments and its so horrifying how many people can see that and joke about it. turning the literal death of people into jokes referencing a damn video game.

[@hurricane7727]

The game version also looks Identical to Real Life version which could've been done on Purpose

[@Blind_Hawk]

First time on the internet? Also, them being Talibans doesn't make it easier.

[@CassHoman]

@@Blind_Hawk it's far from my time being on the internet dude, I can still be disgusted regardless dude. Like how I've been disgusted at people loving gore videos and cartel executions, I know it's nothing new but I still can be disgusted at it.

[@Blind_Hawk]

@@CassHoman okay olay calm down can't take a joke eh? It was the refejce to the "first time" meme you snowflake.

[@Blind_Hawk]

@@hurricane7727 Of course it's done on purpose. Otherwise I'd feel cheap and not authentic.

[@hurricane7727]

Cod 4 Nintendo ds also has a Gun ship Mission like the one in Cod 4.

[@Matias-dr3ys]

My countrys military has some top notch propaganda videos too like actual movie quality. Funniest thing is that its not even necessary since we have mandatory conscription.

[@Ashraf-Hrira]

then those ads aren't for recruitment those ads are made for politicians to embezzle from the ads funds

[@Matias-dr3ys]

@@Ashraf-Hrira i doubt that would be very profitable since teh military doesnt have any money to begin with.

[@Ashraf-Hrira]

@@Matias-dr3ys if they don't have any money then why and how they making those ads?

[@truthseeker333-id7ex]

damn your videos especially this one are heavily underrated, western culture is way too desensitized about all of this type of stuff

[@38forger]

19:17 very unrelated but with your reaction you clearly haven't seen combat footage subreddits LOL they very casually show drone footage of people being visciously mutilated by kamikaze FPVs and proceed to gloat & cheer about it in the comments, enough so that the comments shown under the ac130 clip are comparatively very tame. you'd think they have a gore fetish with the shit they're saying i'd say i expect call of duty to add similar things in their future games but that wouldnt work because drones produce video that let you directly see your target get obliterated and bleed out while squirming in agony in full HD. there is not enough distance that would make the player feel more comfortable. then again, having seen people's opinions on footage like that they very well could not even feel uncomfortable at all while playing it, and to the ones that do, activision could probably just excuse it as saying "you're gonna be bombing an elite squad of war-crime-committing zealots, dont feel bad"

[@Blind_Hawk]

Yeah it was like the guy watched that stuff for the first time. Not saying I endorse the comments, I am just saying that this isn't something new.

[@mistaken7310]

I was the 666th view, just saying ...

[@ricochet8104]

I think the use of doom in the video is kinda clickbaity since it's essentially a mod. Otherwise, interesting video.

[@WokeDEMOCRATShaveASPD]

But the start and it would be. They would because they would have to develop it themselves and that took a genius of numbers to do. Doom already provided everything. The tools and even books. Also HolloWood where all the famous are, I haven’t look far back too much but I imagine they took advantage of our entertainment in many ways and their interests haven’t changed much in 60+ years. The potential of fps video games was probably seen from the beginning. The soldiers playing were also probably being examined like animals in the wild.

[@truthseeker333-id7ex]

hows that clickbait? its super crucial to the documentary

[@tsp1999]

I personally believe that the Death from Above mission is a satire that the majority just didn't get, and that the true propaganda of the series started in MW2. Good video though!

[@its_uh_bella]

Where is the satire? It’s nowhere in the rest of the game. It’s military fetishism

[@Blind_Hawk]

@@its_uh_bella Military fetishism sounds nice tho, when checking my youtube account you should get why. That stuff looks epic, but is also extremely evil. Ambigous.

[@WokeDEMOCRATShaveASPD]

I would like to add if you haven’t and if I’m allowed…. I believe the force of woke on us and it’s negatives was planned. The games/series millions got invested in tarnished for the purpose to create mass frustration. Halo 5 was the catalyst to me getting into the details of games because I wanted to know what was wrong. And so have great knowledge in structuring a game…..perfect to keep the system going. Game design ≠ philosophy. They go hand in hand but one doesn’t mean the other.