;_;

Wait, a father laid something at his own grave? Way it's phrased, it's like some random guy's grandfather put a game at his son's gravesite. Do you mean the British Private died and his dad left something?

"dying for their country."

No British / American soldiers are "dying for their country" - they are dying because our governments are fucking terrorists.

Our Countries are not at risk, no one is fighting for queen and country, people are fighting because the government has an interest in securing Afghanistan.

When Afghanistan looked to be turning toward the communists, the American government gave the Taliban Billions of dollars to fight what they consider a common enemy.

Then, curiously enough, shortly before 9/11 the Bush administration asked the Taliban if it could run pipelines through Afghanistan, the Taliban said NO - then all of a sudden seemed to grow an instant hatred for the USA, then 9/11 happens, many of the hijackers supposedly involved have actually been found alive and well, yet the Bush administration needs a war, they promised Haliburton and the military supply companies and oil companies a war, so they attack.....

Iraq. To murder Saddam.

Then they remember the simple refusal to comply by the Taliban, paint them as the evil "extremists" and "terrorists" we hear so much about and go in guns blazing, shock and awe-ing (side note, shock and awe is essentially Terrorism) and enjoy a long drawn out yet extremely profitable war, which they now say could last 10+ years!

So yeah, soldiers die because they've been lied to by the government, not for any other reason. Their homeland is not at risk, there is nothing to be gained from this war, unless you're a big US corporation who rebuilds nations or supplies the army with bullets and bombs.

It's a shame this guy was killed by American bought weapons and American trained fighters while fighting an American profit-war, but it's touching that his dad would respect his interests in gaming.

@sexualchocolate
They're dying for the goverment, who rule the country. But I do agree that it's a war we shouldn't be fighting.

Alright Michael Moore.

Wow, that was a lot more poetic than most of the other Iraq war victims stories I've heard.

It would have been a lot more poetic had he placed down a copy of Modern Warfare though. You know, as in it's the closest thing that the Dad had to knowing what his son was going through, or something like that.

This is really touching! I got a bit of tears in my eyes(yeah yeah - i'm a carebear!) last night when i was reading this news!

@ Sexual

Although you may be right about why they're there, you don't know what would happen if they weren't. I'm not saying I support what's happening, I just have alot of respect for the men and women fighting in the army, whereever they are.

And for you to say that "soldiers die because they've been lied to by the government, not for any other reason" seems very disrespectful. It's not like they're machines who have been programmed to fight by the goverment, they know what they're doing.

Stop acting like you know everything about this and that you're in some kind of position to make judgements.

Stories like this always get me.

Also, @sexualchocolate, your theory is "interesting," but they went to Afghanistan before Iraq.

@Mr. Sterling:: He probably took the disc out before placing it on the grave (cold streak of cynicism here too).

This is very sad....I'm going to go play some games with my dad now.

@ Pheonix

Really sorry to hear that

Rest In Peace, Private Richard Hunt.

And, Sexualchocolate, time and time again you have proven that you're the village idiot of Destructoid.

First of all, how can you claim that our countries "are not at risk" when in the last 10 years thousands upon thousands of innocent people that try to go on with their daily lives have died in attacks against American, European, African and Asian cities by the hands of Islamic extremists?

Second, it's true that the US have helped those regimes against the USSR but what's wrong with that? As someone who was born and has lived a great deal of years in an ex-Communist country i can tell you first hand that Americans were right to help stop the spreading of Communism.

And third, you're a 9/11 conspiracy theorist? Now that would explain your idiocy.

Ouch, that rant is going to make someone upset I'll wager.

On topic, this is a sad story on one hand, but I get a nice feeling from the dad's actions here. Of course, no dad wants to out-live their boys, but terrible things happen.

It makes me wish my dad had EVER played games with me. RIP 'Hunty' and my best wishes to dad and the rest of his family.

Man, I feel so bad for that dad. :(

Poor bastard... I hate the war as much as anyone but a story about a dead soldier isn't the place to discuss a thing like that. Not to mention that no matter what your position on the war is you should at least be respectful to the people fighting it.

@Phoenix-blood

I'm sorry to hear that. From what I can tell he was a nice guy and no one should ever have to lose their life that young.

This is a very sad occurance yet I get an unsettling feeling in my stomach over this story that isn't connected to the bond between a fallen soldier and his father. Its because the father chose to leave a copy of war game on his grave. Granted playing the game was a bonding experience between a father and his son, the narrative created of a son dying during battle and his fathers choice to honor/remember him through a war game placed on his grave is too powerfull to ignore. This just seems like a story that will be overlooked, where this memorial may be a clue to truely understanding current gaming trends and the oversaturation of war games in our current society.

I support sexual chocolate. Yes, the war in A-Stan was and is all about access to oil pipelines locations for the wealthy oligarchy of the Brits and Americans. Thanks for reminding people why we are there. Keep rubbing their noses in it.

Anyone who is turning this into a politically charged bitchfest should back the fuck off. This is an incredibly touching story, and I'm glad I read it, even if I'm terribly sorry that it had to happen. I also wish the family the best.

@ devilcrack

Fuck you you racist asshole. The views of a few don't reflect the views of a nation, and if you didn't have your head so far up your ass then maybe you would realize that. Jewish people never directly did anything to you, so stop talking shit and don't put ALL Jewish people into one group. There are people living in Israel that don't want this war like many of us here, so don't put blame on them for something that they don't even want.

You have every right to be an ignorant douchebag, but how about you don't put every Israeli in the same group next time you have a hissy fit about the war.

On topic, I feel for this guy and his family. I don't agree with the war, but I respect what all these soldiers are doing. I wish it didn't have to happen, but this is really touching and

What Sexualchocolate said.

Wow. All we need is for someone to add, "I don't like the brown men," and this thread's fate will be sealed.

@ Tha Meat,

So what if his dad put a 'war game' on his fallen son's grave. You know as well as I do that playing war games didn't kill his son. So don't even go there.

That's such a touching, bittersweet article. Even if I wasn't a gamer, I'd be touched by this. People should be more respectful and take their trolling/critique of governments elsewhere. Regardless of whether we should or want to be in a war, we are, and tragedies such as this happen. Maybe that makes you angry, I can understand, but please...don't stir up hate over a dead man's grave.

This almost made me cry. Very touching indeed!