Political Influence of Video Games?

[Masato]

Hey all

I haven't really played video games for a long time, so I'm kind of out of of touch... but this popped up as an ad in a vid I was watching and I found it quite shocking.

Are there many other games with such obvious political overtones?

I always thought it was weird how so many games were all about collecting gold coins, and also am aware that Military-based video games glorify/de-sensitize us to REAL war... but never looked much further.

Is the video game industry any good for CT hunters? I have never seen it explored to any degree

[Masato]

Can you imagine how many kids have heard that whole speech, while basically in a trance/not even paying attention to what they are hearing?

This goes STRAIGHT to the subconscious, and is associated with feelings of elevation.

[Enock]

Can you imagine how many kids have heard that whole speech, while basically in a trance/not even paying attention to what they are hearing?

This goes STRAIGHT to the subconscious, and is associated with feelings of elevation.

For sure, that is their goal - to reach the minds of the youth or future subconsciously, as they get older they adapt this mind set/

some heavy propaganda here.

[Canuckster]

have you played deus ex?

[Masato]

Video Games is HUGE business.

How many of them have positive social values integrated into them? How many have negative values?

I am always amazed at the % of games/apps that focus around grabbing gold coins, or killing things lol

[Masato]

Interesting potential market to start using video games from a different perspective. Might get trendy, especially with parents who need to absolve their guilt for turning their kids into ipad junkies :D