Abstract
Video games like Modern Warfare, America's Army, Medal of Honor, and Battlefield are part of an exploding market of war games whose revenues now far outpace even the biggest Hollywood blockbusters. The sophistication of these games is undeniable, offering users a stunningly realistic experience of ground combat and a glimpse into the increasingly virtual world of long-distance, push-button warfare. Far less clear, though, is what these games are doing to users, our political culture, and our capacity to empathize with people directly affected by the actual trauma of war. For the culture-jamming activists featured in this film, these uncertainties were a call to action. In three separate vignettes, we see how Anne-Marie Schleiner, Wafaa Bilal, and Joseph Delappe moved dissent from the streets to our screens, infiltrating war games in an attempt to break the hypnotic spell of "militainment." Their work forces all of us -- gamers and non-gamers alike -- to think critically about what it means when the clinical tools of real-world killing become forms of consumer play.
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Subject
Iraq War, 2003---Mass media and the war, Mass media and war--United States, Popular culture--United States, Press and politics--United States, Mass media--Political aspects--United States, Government and the press--United States, Computer war games--Social aspects, Computer war games--Moral and ethical aspects, Combat--Computer games, Special forces (Military science)--Computer games
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Duration
00:44:54 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Target or Intended Audience
Grade 9+, Higher education
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| Name | Media Education Foundation |
| Role | Distributor |
| Telephone | 413-584-8500 |
| Address | 60 Masonic St., Northampton, MA 01060 |
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