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Generation Kill: The first gamers to soldiers
rebldomakr | 12:43 AM on 07.13.2008 3 comments


http://youtube.com/watch?v=3y_5vxM8PYM

What happens when those who've grown up on Hollywood war movies and graphic video games are sent to the frontline?

"It's the ultimate rush -- you're going into the fight with a good song playing in the background," states one soldier. This is a war fought by the first playstation generation. As Rolling Stones journalist Evan Wright explains: "One thing about them is they kill very well in Iraq."

I was looking through Youtube and this video happened to catch my eye. It explains how this is the first generation that grew up with video games such as playstation, gangster rap and heavy metal, increasingly violent films, and the acess to information that you have on the internet. It's our culture and how it assimilated into the American war machine.

The director explains how it's a generation like no other before that has entered the war. He even compares them to that of the generation that fought in Vietnam who "lost their innocence in the jungles of Southeast Asia" well this generation lost it before they were deployed.


They killed very well in Iraq...

So what are your thoughts and views on this?



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xMalachi's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2008 02:31
xMalachi
This show looks good..The Wire was pretty good soo..who knows? I dunno about the other stuff you're talkin about though.
The Amazing Shenazin's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2008 03:16
The Amazing Shenazin
shucks I forgot about this, thanks for reminding me
norm9's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/13/2008 13:55
norm9
Man, this show is gonna be so good. Starts tonight!

Um, apparently, soldiers spend their downtime playing Halo and Call of Duty. Nothing like killing fellow soldiers while on a break from killing the enemy.
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