video games

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2015

New French army video seeks to recruit geeks and gamers

New translation available

Submitted by hannah

Text by Stéphanie TROUILLARD

The French army wants to recruit a new generation of cyber warriors –...

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The popular geopolitics of military video games: Answering the ‘Call of Duty’

Submitted by Gary on Tue, 11/02/2014 - 21:28

Daniel Bos was awarded ESRC +3 funding in 2011 to research the popular geopolitics of military video games. The research will specifically focus on the geopolitical and militaristic significance of commercial first-person shooter video games, such as ‘Call of Duty’. Furthermore, the project will use multiple, innovative methods to investigate players’ engagements with the games.
The research will contribute to current academic discussions by:

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War games

Submitted by Gary on Mon, 13/01/2014 - 13:34

Russia has fallen to the ultra-nationalists and Imran Zakhaev is now considered a national hero, despite the fact that he very nearly unleashed WWIII on the populace

Michael Schulze von Gasser

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Countering Military Recruitment

WRI's new booklet, Countering Military Recruitment: Learning the lessons of counter-recruitment campaigns internationally, is out now. The booklet includes examples of campaigning against youth militarisation across different countries with the contribution of grassroot activists.

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