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Former Marine's Opinion On Realistic War Video Games

A former marine shared a Twitter thread offering up his opinion on the state of modern war video games. The thing about war is that it never changes. 

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    Text - Dr. John Respectful, M.D. @mistermegative So, I want to talk about the #ModernWarfare panel at E3 and some of what was said. Because it's a perfect example of every problem I have with videogames that attempt to depict "realism" in combat. Content warning I will be vivid. I will be graphic. Because I need to be.
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    Text - Dr. John Respectful, M.D. @misterm... . 6h The following quote is in regards to accidentally shooting a baby being held by a woman civilian: ""If you comport yourself in a way not befitting a soldier, the game will fail you". What does that even mean? Can you actually shoot a fucking baby? Will the game end? t7 1 208 Dr. John Respectful, M.D. @misterm... 6h "The game will try to figure out if you shot that baby on purpose or accidentally." And then what? Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher committ
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    Text - Dr. John Respectful, M.D. @misterm... . 6h There isn't a day that goes by I don't think about Iraq. Not one day. I have been sitting in THAT chair for 15 years now, and I'll sit in it the rest of my life. "oh crap Imade a mistake and I feel bad" doesn't fucking begin to describe what we feel when we fuck up in combat. 2 2 ti 14 349 Dr. John Respectful, M.D. @misterm... 6h "Part of the reality of war is that there are people who face unpleasant events..ut what we don't want to shy away fro
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    Text - Dr. John Respectful, M.D. @misterm... .6h We used to have detainees look us in the eye and say "don't ever free us. Because we won't hurt you. We're going to find your families at home, and we're going to torture them to death on video and post them on the internet" ti8 1 191 Dr. John Respectful, M.D. @misterm.. 6h The reality of war is your unit abandoning the Iraqi/Afghan interpreters who risked their lives to help you, despite your pleas otherwise, knowing what would happen to them whe
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    Text - Dr. John Respectful, M.D. @misterm... .6h The reality of war is having to watch an IR feed of a drone strike someone ordered hitting it's target, knowing that kids and civilians were probably caught in the blast. Having to watch that as a new father to an infant son whose blanket you carry in your rucksack. 1 225 Dr. John Respectful, M.D. @misterm.. 6h The reality of war is hearing about a young man you knew and admired blowing his head off years later because his PTSD was too much for hi
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    Text - Dr. John Respectful, M.D. @misterm... . 6h The reality of war is being forced to watch videos you find of unspeakable atrocities being inflicted upon screaming, pleading men begging for their lives. Slow beheadings while someone is still alive, people being lit on fire. The sounds. They fucking stay with you. ti 7 211 Dr. John Respectful, M.D. @misterm... 6h The reality of war is a Marine you served with huddled under his kitchen table with a rifle because he has absolutely no idea where
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    Text - Dr. John Respectful, M.D. @misterm... . 6h The reality of war is living every day in hell. There's nothing fucking poetic or glorious or badass about being in a war. It's mostly scared teenagers and older NCOS/officers trying to pretend they AREN'T scared. 2 ti 32 329 Dr. John Respectful, M.D. @misterm... . 6h The reality of war is 15 years of considering how close I came to death. The constant thought that I was two feet away from not being here to tell you all this. My son almost never
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    Text - Dr. John Respectful, M.D. @misterm... 6h The reality of war is a lifetime.....a LIFETIME....of disabilities, mental health issues, loss, regret, pain, tears, lost limbs, nightmares, broken homes, widows, widowers, orphaned children, and memories that are chained to your psyche forever. ti 18 1 271 Dr. John Respectful, M.D. @misterm... 6h That.... THAT..is the reality of war. It's not something that can be captured by a videogame. You can't digitize that and slap it on a disc. You can't ma
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