Comments on: Marksmanship vs Censorship

By: Fumarole

Fumarole — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:55:21 +0000

There was no A10 mission in CoD4, it was an AC130.

By: James T

James T — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:29:33 +0000

Hah, tell that to Bilal’s brother.

I wonder why a guy whose bro was killed in a Najaf firefight might not be completely impressed by the shit that sluices from the slack-jawed gobs at the US State Dept?

By: capital L

capital L — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:40 +0000

“Since there are quite a few similarities between the two, I don’t see why not.”

Bullshit.

By: Nuyan

Nuyan — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:56:54 +0000

There’ll be a Dutch documentary called “Wargames” on Dutch public tv next monday, it’s about games and war and how the American Army uses it as a propaganda tool with a game like… American Army. It’s for a tv program that usually selects high-quality documentaries, so I expect it’ll be pretty good. And it’s usually released on the internet for streaming the day after.

By: James O

James O — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:46:44 +0000

Well, if we don’t take Bilal seriously, then I should think there isn’t much to debate about whether his work on “Virtual Jihadi” has any artistic merit or if it contains an insightful message. Personally I’m just fine with not taking him seriously; I’m not a big fan of people using “reductio ad racism” to deflect criticism when they stir up controversy (i.e. “people get mad at my game but not the game killing Saddam, it must be silent hatred of brown people by those nasty Amerikkkans.”)

By: James T

James T — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:36 +0000

And indeed, who said anything about ‘taking him seriously’? Think before you ‘cleverly’ co-opt a remark from someone sharper than you are, kids!

By: fluffy bunny

fluffy bunny — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:35:12 +0000

Since there are quite a few similarities between the two, I don’t see why not.

By: James O

James O — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:31:16 +0000

“Since I lived in both places I see more and more similarities between the decisions made by the two regimes.” – Wafaa Bilal on Bush and Saddam

Just a quick question, does one have to take seriously someone who equates a controversial US president with a man who used chemical weapons to mass-murder his own people?

By: James T

James T — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:43:39 +0000

i found the a10 segment of cod4 to be profoundly disturbing; i presumed it was at least somewhat intentional.

YOU LEFTWING CHOMSKYITE STREISAND-LOVING HATE-AMERICA-FIRSTER! HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME, LIeBERAL!

By: Xilnold

Xilnold — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:52:18 +0000

God bless Amerikkka.

Really though, I don’t get what he’s trying to prove. Anybody who can talk and eat without dribbling knows most of the points he made are true.

…I hope.

By: Down Rodeo

Down Rodeo — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:45:04 +0000

@Willem: Oh yeah, that game. Oops. :D

Also I found the A10 really horrifying, “We’ve got a runner” and “Oh, that’s goin’ on the video reel” are pretty cruel statements when you are being commanded very forcefully not to shoot the church. I think it was the sense of detachment that the gunners you were playing were supposed to have that got me most.

Maybe I’m trying to say that the characters you were playing in a videogame were acting as though they were playing a videogame…

By: dhex

dhex — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:23:31 +0000

Has there been a WWII FPS with a German campaign yet?

we’re all waiting for the call of duty folk to make it, right? after the job they did with stalingrad in cod2, it seems like they have the best chance of doing it right.

probably never happen.

i found the a10 segment of cod4 to be profoundly disturbing; i presumed it was at least somewhat intentional.