| Picture a video game on a battlefield with soldiers | | | | games need to be expressed as lifelike but |
| of proportionate size with gear that looks too | | | | completely virtual. Games can be addicting, and |
| good to be true. This is what video game makers | | | | there are addicts in existence. The video game |
| are putting out on the market nowadays to | | | | companies are taking a serious thing and turning it |
| satisfy the hunger for real life situation. Night | | | | into an illusion that people mistake for the real |
| vision goggles with lifelike features are being sold | | | | thing. The game provides an unrealistic view of a |
| as well as virtual flight helmets and cordless | | | | certain lifestyle, just like the movies. People take it |
| weapons. Could this be a scary epidemic, or could | | | | seriously and then they experience the real thing |
| it be the very start of a more sophisticated | | | | and they are unhappy and disappointed. |
| society? Children of young ages to adults with | | | | There is absolutely nothing wrong with playing a |
| busy lives are purchasing these video games | | | | virtual game with cool, lifelike gear; look at games |
| because they are fun, but how do they portray | | | | like Guitar Hero or Rock Band for example. Those |
| the real military world and how does that affect | | | | games are harmless but one realizes that they |
| your child's mind? | | | | cannot play the real guitar. The problem is when |
| The military is a scary world and the shooting and | | | | one starts experimenting with the tactics of war. |
| killing and tough situations that they go through | | | | Once it turns into something other than a game, it |
| every day are not false. Video games seem to | | | | can be hard to change a person's point of view. |
| put off the conclusion that everything will be okay | | | | War is a serious subject, and to think of it as a |
| and that there is always a restart button. In real | | | | joke, can be very harmful. |
| life, there is no restart button and once the game | | | | Video games are meant to be games and the |
| is over, it is officially over. The military has even | | | | serious take on certain subjects has, frankly, gone |
| started to use video games as a tactic to grab | | | | overboard. The best thing a person can do is to |
| younger people and get them to think about the | | | | remember that it is a game and that even though |
| joining the military. The lifelike virtual games are | | | | you may use real gear and cool looking weapons, |
| great until people start to believe that they are | | | | that it is not a real life situation. The virtual aspect |
| real and the illusion of a never ending military is | | | | of a game is meant to immerse you in the |
| set. | | | | situation, but when it is over realize that it is over, |
| People need to understand the military is a serious | | | | no one is invincible in real life and bad things can |
| place, and it's not a game. Therefore the video | | | | still happen to you. |