[citation][nom]wotan31[/nom]Because there are ZERO eighty-five year olds who fought in WWII who are avid computer gamers. On the other hand, the age of many US troops fighting and dying in war today puts them squarely in the video game demographic. If someone had released a Kamikaze board game in 1944 I bet it would have been met with some serious disdain. This is no different. It has nothing to do with "our side" getting killed in a video game. It has everything to do with our side getting killed in a video game, while simultaneously our side is actually getting killed on a real battlefield. I will bet cash money that not one of you commenters making fun of this situation has ever served a day in the armed forces. Think about that.[/citation]
I have served in the armed forces, and yes, I agree with most gamers, it's just a game. People are just raising a ruckus because they think everyone should feel the same way they do, and are extremely hippocritical because they won't raise a ruckus about WWII of which there are still many survivors of that time period, or descendants who lost loved ones during that time and you don't see them complaining about "Saving Private Ryan", MOH, COD 1,2,3, and 5, or any other number of WWII sims. These are people who just want to get attention and the best way to do that nowadays is throw a fit about something touchy, like, I don't know, videogame violence. And I bet you most of those people are NRA members ironically enough.