While some fight real wars the rest of us play fake ones

The drums of war are beating but many people are too far removed to hear them. Many of us would rather play another round of Modern Warfare or Battlefield than pay attention to foreign affairs.  We attend to these fictionalized

Unmanned – A talk with Molleindustria about the politics of war games

The day I watched Collateral Murder was the day I stopped playing Battlefield. Collateral Murder is a video depicting the bloodshed of over a dozen people in an Iraq after camera equipment held by Reuters photojournalists was ‘mistaken’ for AK47s

Analyzing the Modern Warfare Trilogy: The Bondilization of the antagonists

Welcome to this third and final part of the analysis of the Modern Warfare trilogy. Previously, we’ve taken a look at the reasonable things the games did, and a couple of days ago we looked at the many plot holes

Live Together or Die Alone

Any fan of LOST will remember the climactic speech given by Dr. Jack Shepherd as he attempted to unite a diverse group of castaways on a strange and hostile island. “Every man for himself is not gonna work. It’s time

Metal Gear Solid/Modern Warfare mashup is fantastic

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMrwNz24j_g&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Along with the horrors youtube has brought to the modern world (the leave Brittney alone guy, Nintendo 64 kid, et cetera), it has also brought us other things. Better things. Things like fan movies. Things like comedic mashups of

Medal of Honor Hands On

The King of All Cosmos, IGN, once again delivers, and his grace is plentiful–here are his hands-on impressions of EA’s upcoming game, Medal of Honor. But you don’t have to venture all the way over there! We’ll let you know