tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041401714407470668.post689748170072758158..comments2023-10-23T10:59:43.634-05:00Comments on J676: Video games and mass communication: J.C. Herz, "The military-entertainment complex," Joystick nation: How videogames ate our quarters, won our hearts, and rewired our mindsGreg Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09154543464555817869noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041401714407470668.post-67365806216166728632008-07-07T12:28:00.000-05:002008-07-07T12:28:00.000-05:00All this article could make me thing about is the ...All this article could make me thing about is the movie "Toys" with Robin williams. The scene when a handful of kids are flying planes unaware of the fact they are real. Hopefully video game and military relations will not get to the point of the anonymous killer, but the technologies definitely run together for other various aspects. Flight simulators are definitely a big advantage for the army and use in their spy planes which are controlled without a human pilot. This does strike me as a scarry topic, but i'm pretty confident my avatar in Call of Duty 4 hasn't killed thousands of humans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041401714407470668.post-17191170112293537282008-07-06T22:33:00.000-05:002008-07-06T22:33:00.000-05:00I would like to note that this really isn't much d...I would like to note that this really isn't much different from training with lasers or paintball and allows for more comprehensive evaluation and feedback. But at the same time, the America's Army phenomenon really creeps me out.Jasunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678999861981038638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041401714407470668.post-3332082148115002962008-07-06T20:31:00.000-05:002008-07-06T20:31:00.000-05:00First of all...I used to love the movie "Toys." I ...First of all...I used to love the movie "Toys." I haven't thought about that in a long time, but it does make sense with this article. <BR/><BR/>Some of my friends believe pretty firmly that video games, especially games like call of duty 4, were made to desensitize kids to violence in an effort to make war a more acceptable idea. I fell that this might be a little bit too "conspiracy theory" for my taste, but the sentiment is definitely out there. As is the fear that the military is willing to work through clandestine methods to indoctrinate its own citizenry.Jonathan Gelatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04401389126033117427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041401714407470668.post-84959638404686146172008-07-05T19:44:00.000-05:002008-07-05T19:44:00.000-05:00I enjoyed how the issues raised in this article ti...I enjoyed how the issues raised in this article tied into what we covered on Thursday with the screaning of "America's Army" on tour. It is interesting that an American soldier's grandma today can explore the technological interfaces used by her beloved in the war of tomorrow--or as ever morrow as it can be. <BR/><BR/>Would it be easier for the soldiers if the enemy appeared as asteroids on a 2D intergace, while the direction of their cannon matches the orientaiton of a revolving digital rectangle's longest point? Or is such a quesion in poor taste in the first place?<BR/><BR/>I have read of American tank driver's in Iraq delivering full platoon's of the enemy from life while listening to "Let the Bodies Hit the Floor!" on high power speakers. Is it hard to dehumanze killing through video games or is it harder to humanize a blipping light on the radar scope of an armored cannon a mile away the target, in today's remaining world after the geometric growth in warfare fire power capabilties?Marlon Heimerlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16038436219563339071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041401714407470668.post-35341434084590746472008-07-04T13:36:00.000-05:002008-07-04T13:36:00.000-05:00I didn't know either that the military was this he...I didn't know either that the military was this heavily intertwined with the video game industry. This article raised some questions for me, like how long will it be before video games are used as simulations for other careers. How long before we get games that are real simulations of the stock market, how to run your own business, etc? Maybe these real life simulations already exist and I just don't know about them. It's interesting to think about how the role of video games may change in preparing us for every aspect of life. I definitely think the potential is there.Eric Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198361987589659236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041401714407470668.post-23573863205019692152008-07-03T22:00:00.000-05:002008-07-03T22:00:00.000-05:00This is how I like my articles, interesting and sh...This is how I like my articles, interesting and short! <BR/><BR/>I actually didn't know before taking this class that the military had anything to do with video games. It only makes sense to use realistic simulations to get troops ready for combat.<BR/><BR/>Kinda makes you wonder what they're cookin up right now.Nick Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905187886343516157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041401714407470668.post-25820184638403075242008-07-03T19:28:00.000-05:002008-07-03T19:28:00.000-05:00Is anyone else scared by some of this stuff? I do...Is anyone else scared by some of this stuff? I don't remember who brought it up, but what exactly is Herz positioning herself as? Snide outsider.<BR/><BR/>:(<BR/><BR/>I remember Sarah bringing up the question of letting Sims die as protest. Right on! That comment really underscores my question mark as to what Herz is doing. Thanks, Sarah.Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838262810164443856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041401714407470668.post-15984799932531841122008-07-03T14:43:00.000-05:002008-07-03T14:43:00.000-05:00The link to "Toys" synopsis on IMDB:http://www.imd...The link to "Toys" synopsis on IMDB:<BR/><BR/>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105629/Jasunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678999861981038638noreply@blogger.com