When War Meets Video Games

Our modern day society is currently filled with everyday events that serves as influences to kids. With the assistment of war video games these days, children, teenagers, and even adults tend to play these games for the thrill and self experience of the trauma real soldiers face.

War video games have been rising in popularity lately due to its thrilling plot and the fact that people these days can actually play something realistic and not have to suffer the consequences. Playing these games enhances their imagination and unrealistic dreams of fighting for their country or serving as a top secret agent without having to cope with stress. Basically, people like to play games that they can relate to reality without having to cope with stress in hopes of unconciously trying to find solutions to problems that their currently dealing with.

"If its not realistic, its not worth playing" as the article says. I belive that these war games are fun as well as making people lose the seriousness of war and maybe even take it lightly. Why do you ask? Think of it this way. Kids playing these games go under virtual squad operations to overtake the opposing team. They get shot down. Game over. Then all of a sudden, it says "Try again? Yes or No?" So with this difference from real life, kids grow up, lettling slip of the fact that in war, there are no second chances after a bullet pierces your head. However, the thrill and excitement that pounds in the veins of players is what makes this game so fun because players actually, unconciously relate and pretend that their virtual mission is real.

These games have impacted on people in ways that they themselves are not even aware of. Personally I think war video games are an excellent way of showing people how war is really like without the thought of actually being killed but with the thought of what soldiers had to go through night, and day.