disposable culture's video: America s Army Militainment: Rise Of The Video Game

The military and gaming industry collide with "America's Army." This game was used as a recruitment and training tool for the Army. Learn more about military games on Discovery Channel's "Rise of the Video Game." playlist:Militainment: Rise Of The Video Game - The Discovery Channel http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9813B6CB5A157D9B FedEx and Pepsi Are Top Defense Contractors? 5 Corporate Brands Making a Killing on America's Wars (Sony) http://www.alternet.org/story/152295/fedex_and_pepsi_are_top_defense_contractors_5_corporate_brands_making_a_killing_on_america%E2%80%99s_wars?page=0%2C2&paging=off (Lawmakers heavily invested in defense) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-04-03-3620854569_x.htm Corporations such as PepsiCo, IBM, Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson have at one point received defense-related contracts http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Sony_Corp.aspx Sony was founded by a former naval lieutenant named Akio Morita and a defense contractor named Masaru Ibuka. Drone Kill Culture - Predator Playstations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUZgKxEXcYM Waging War: Remote-Control War - Predator Pilots [Digital_Nation] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPzy5hafPkI Overview of the military defense contractor link involving Sega & Lockheed Martin http://neogaf.net/forum/showthread.php?t=467752 "There are tons of licensed craft from Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and Boeing" [Sega's After Burner Climax - Arcade (2006)] http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/afterburner/afterburner3.htm Sega origins: Air Force vet David Rosen founds company, makes (pro)military commercial and simulation games to this day. http://tinyurl.com/SegaMilitary In the 1960s, Baer worked for defense contractor Sanders Associates. http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/406.html Sanders licensed the technology to Magnavox, which introduced the Odyssey system in 1972. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanders_Associates Joystick Soldiers: The History of Video Games, Popular Culture, and the Army http://youtu.be/GNMZ14-Tx3U "60-70% of Army Video Game Simulation Technology in Our Kids Homes Today", (like CryEngine 3) ----Military contractor, Intelligent Decisions Director, Floyd West http://youtu.be/ZUeP2i-VVyg US Army spending $57 million on military simulator using CryEngine 3 http://www.vg247.com/2011/05/27/us-army-spending-57-million-on-military-simulator-using-cryengine-3/ Politics and Hollywood's images are linked. They reinforce one another. Policy enforces mythical images; mythical images help enforce policy. Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, has said, quote, "Washington and Hollywood spring from the same DNA," end-quote. - JACK SHAHEEN, director of Reel Bad Arabs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ib2XuxkK8 "It's a great training product. I've had 'em link the Xboxes together and the sergeant will actually train his teams with the Modern Warfare game." ---- Call of Duty representative, lead military adviser, lieutenant colonel, Hank Keirsey http://youtu.be/J14wdIsyYqk GamePro:Games are most effective Army recruitment tool http://youtu.be/Qawe8R9LFc4 RECRUITING CHILDREN INTO THE US MILITARY Pentagon's Child Recruiting Strategy http://www.ringnebula.com/Oil/recruiting-children.htm (six in ten current US soldiers entered the military as teenagers) Project Censored 2009 - Recruitment Toolbox: Movies, Toys, TV, And Computer Games http://img6.imagebanana.com/img/tfic6w29/ProjectCensoreRecruitingyourchildren.png After You Play, Before You Enlist! Army PR & Video Games (@ Elementary Schools)! http://youtu.be/IpEzhmYJqsI RETURNING FIRE: Interventions in Video Game Culture http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6C7789075C00895A Violent Video Games Harm Children's Brains Study Finds http://youtu.be/vrI9G1QClK4 1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-88Ntc_DZA Psalm 11:5 The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Psalm 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. http://linkbun.ch/fl90 ____