April 21,1945.Berlin,Germany: A look of shocked surprise comes over
the young soldier's face as he clutches his chest where he has been
shot while the soldier next to him shrieks in agony as his arm is
blown away by MG-42 fire. Bodies falling everywhere, its raining blood
as frightened young men try to end the lives of other frightened men
for the greater good. Mutilated head, arms and legs are lying on the
ground, men of different nationalities, different cultures, different
sides strewn on the ground as nameless corpses, men who cud have
shaped their country's future made their families proud are dead,
their precious lives wasted....while the leaders rejoice at the
victory...
Dec 20, 2008.Varanasi,India:I was experiencing the most important and
catastrophic event of this century. The World War 2..I could
experience the War by being a part of it. I have lived through the
horrors of a war and I know how unnerving and vile it is......even it
was a virtual one, even I could at once come back to life by pressing
F7 key, even I was allowed to rectify my mistakes but the atrocies of
war was etched for forever in my heart that very day..
World war 2 has been a hot topic for the entertainment industry
whether it be blockbuster movies, novels or games including board and
video games. But these have been tools that seem to be one of the
reason that keeps us away from the 3rd one, for the time being. We
really don’t want to make the same mistakes as our forefathers ,till
we make them.
Come to present day. Politicians around the globe are hell-bent on
censoring games. they argue it nurtures Violence in little kids who
are learning to shoot and die in the name of fun. Even if that’s true,
what the hell are we pretending? What the hell are we hoaxing?
Whenever asked about any hobby we come with singing, dancing, writing,
reading...but if you ever pondered over our past, present and future
you will certainly discover what really has been our hobby, and my
friend you guessed it right it is War, our favorite pastime, and we
say that gaming makes us violent and creepy and every other abuse that
a so called Intelligentsia level upon us the gaming community. We
shan't forget that
the most primal nature of man is to fight, a fight to either satisfy
his greed or to prove his dominance or to be a part of a group. so,
humans in general and certain individuals in particular, want war.
Violence is a component of humanity’s gene pool, war being one
manifestation of this violent tendency. its like killing a spider with
a book. you know you will be disgusted by the squished spider but you
will still want to have a look!!! Every epic is based on a big war,
every movie needs to end with some fight. We love fighting; we crave
for an in game brawl when viewing some sport. We have fun when others
take a fall and get hurt. ask yourself mate, don’t you? If you don't
second me have a look at the history of we the humans who love drawing
boundaries and killing. Civilization, as we know it, is largely the
creation of wars. All civilizations, our own included, have been built
on slavery and mass murder. Psychopaths have played a disproportionate
role in the development of civilization, because they are hard-wired
to lie, kill, cheat, steal, torture, manipulate, and generally inflict
great suffering on other humans without feeling any remorse, in order
to establish their own sense of security through domination. The
inventor of civilization - the first tribal chieftain who successfully
brainwashed an army of controlled mass murderers - was almost
certainly a genetic psychopath. Since that momentous discovery,
psychopaths have fought and enjoyed wars. People died while the
leaders reveled. In simple words War is an integral part of our life
and our genesis. War divides us, War unites us.
I don’t argue that gaming can or will end hunger, illiteracy or
disease but one thing it can do is bring peace. I may sound stupid but
gaming in fact relieves us off our frustration, anger and sorrow. try
it!!! And for god's sake stop censoring games. A title SIX DAYS IN
FALLUJAH ,a third person shooter still in development phase, still
needs a publisher since konami ditched it. and why? just because its a
game based on real incidents that took place in Iraq a few years back.
thats one of the examples of the level of hypocrisy prevailing in our
world. The leaders have driven is like robots till date and they will
continue till the world ends.
we love to fight, doesn’t matter if we fight dirty, or we fight for
love or for any other cranky reason, humans just cant live without
fighting. What i am trying to say is that would u rather see people
get killed(maybe get killed yourself) or letting your frustration go
by a small session of gaming?? you are angry with the world, you want
to have the attention and the respect that you feel you always
deserved and Whatt if youlost it? never worry mate, instead get some
cold beer(even coke will do), invite your friends, close the door
and turn on your XboX360/PS3 or your PC's.
Let the game begin......
