First-Person Shooter Turns Political - io9 Comments

First-Person Shooter Turns Political

Marcus — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:21:32 PDT

I'm sorry. Political or not, this just seems like wankery. To refer to a situation where you can pelt this guy with paintballs over the internet as an "art installation" is pretentious, at the very least. Yeah, I get it. War's like teh video gamez. The implications of that are certainly up for debate. But I simply can't look at this guy and not think "douchebag".

Plus, he's going to wish he went for full face protection when one of those things nails him in the mouth.

Marcus

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twreckx — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:06:06 PDT

@Epaminondas: Saddam, for all his bad-guyness, I'm sure managed to miss a few dissenters which would be the ones to flee the country, living else where. Some of whom who then acted as advisors (terrible ones I might add, 'cos obviously they didn't see this sh*t state of affairs in Iraq coming down the pike) to the dear leader, Dubya.

twreckx

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Ghede — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:51:47 PDT

Wow. PTSD. And he let people shoot paintballs at him? He has commitment to his message. Or he is mentally masochistic. Either or, really.

Ghede

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Epaminondas — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:48:34 PDT

@Guizzy: Thanks, I did, obviously you choose to take more from it then I did.y I'm saying that if he was imprisoned and then released by Saddam and left (presumably) with all his fingers and toes, it's because he was singing the praises out of tune.

Get real, if this guy had pulled this sort of stunt with Saddam he'd be dead. Putting yourself in a room with a webcam and a paint gun is something I'd expect from David Blaine.

@Jeff-Minor: Rome managed four and a half centuries as a Republic, not sure we can make it for that long. So stop with the Rome-bashing!

Epaminondas

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Guizzy — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:05:54 PDT

@Jeff-Minor: But he probably hasn't played games, being the good little Christian he probably was.

Actually, it's kinda hard imagining he has ever been a teenager. Feels weird just thinking about it.

Guizzy

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Jeff-Minor — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:01:34 PDT

We are becoming more like Rome every day. I realize people have always loved the simulation that drama can provide, and perhaps war is the greatest drama of all, but I'm not sure war games don't confuse people into a jaded "it's just a game" mindset. Their are a lot of people with murderous tendancies out there: G.W.Bush.

Jeff-Minor

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Guizzy — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:27:08 PDT

@Epaminondas: Read the article, please. Here, let me quote it for you:

"Persecuted and arrested by Saddam Hussein for his work, Bilal fled Iraq and came to the United States in 1991."

I would suppose he didn't get persecuted and arrested by Saddam for singing his praises.

Guizzy

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Epaminondas — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:04:55 PDT

"The game will culminate with my revenge on the Bush administration for the destruction it has wrought on my country. I will be a suicide bomber who attacks Bush."

Where was all that rightous anger when Saddam was ass-raping Iraq? Sorry, I'm no fan of Bush, but this looks like cynical self promotion to me...

Epaminondas

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Crunchy — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:59:29 PDT

I see the fires burning, the children screaming and the end of freedom. We are losing the right to free speech. I'm waiting for blogs to be hyper-examined for correct (political) content.

Crunchy

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Guizzy — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:45:25 PDT

"civilians' complicity in warfare, and the tendency of civilians to support whichever side is more powerful at the moment"

Also called "the will to live".

Guizzy

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tetracycloide — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:34:45 PDT

@braak: i love how he calls it 'un-american' as if there could be a more american enterprise than regime change. i mean america invented the regime change.

tetracycloide

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screaminscott — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:28:42 PDT

I always thought it would be fun to create a web page called burn-a-flag-a-day DOT com. Every day you could post a video with a unique way to burn the flag. It could be anything as basic as burning it on a grill on the 4th of july while cooking hot dogs and hamburgers. To some elaborate Rube Goldberg device that ignites a flag after 2 minutes of weird interconnected cause-and-effect madness.

screaminscott

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tetracycloide — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:18:35 PDT

Bob Mirch, the GOP majority leader in the Rensselaer County Legislature, speaks on behalf of every republican everywhere?

tetracycloide

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braak — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:06:39 PDT

I love this Mirch guy that called the exhibit un-American.

It's like he says, "I'm all for free speech! Just, you know. Not that free."

braak