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Call of Duty, Battlefield, and Medal of Honor are among some of the MOST popular games right now, meaning that war is also on the forefront of a lot of gamer's minds. However, games like Call of Duty choose to portray war in a very specific fashion, specifically, one that presumably makes it "fun." But should games like Call of Duty and Battlefield do more than that? Should they be held accountable for what they choose to portray, as well as how they choose to portray it? And if so, how can these games do a better job at portraying at least some of the complexity of modern warfare? Watch this week's episode of Game/Show and find out!

Men playing as women:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/05/13/world_of_warcraft_gender_switching_why_men_choose_female_avatars.html

Female Link Jam:
http://jams.gamejolt.io/femalelinkjam

Other Links:
https://docs.google.com/a/kornhaberbrown.com/document/d/1OX-M2aDk_YeCl1c0IbOWgurB3SIUEl7hyEFUKgn4_EQ/edit?usp=sharing


ASSETS:

:34 Marines HD Combat Afghanistan –– Retreat Hell!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGFgYh1L0NM

2:03 Men Against Tanks –– 1943 Training Film For German Soldiers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDbFdngVOJk

2:30 How To Play Risk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-r0HknkghE

3:59 WW2 Soldiers HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sNO1Qjsqx0

4:02 Raw Uncut Vietnam Footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K7Fc1uFCNk

4:05 Operation Desert Storm British Pathé
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8gE_WKl8Dg

6:36 Heckler & Koch M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbmYYs3bdbo

6:41 M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle Live-fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMiMLYjPgzo

6:49 General Amos Warns His Marines To Save Every Round, Every Gallon of Gas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoG-jBH9yOE

COMMENTS:

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Tweets:

Kiva Bay
https://twitter.com/KivaBay/status/578285760341643264

Faye Davis
https://twitter.com/FayeSan/status/579368193581404160


MUSIC:

"Oh Damn!" by CJVSO
https://soundcloud.com/downpitched/cjvso-oh-damn

"Digital Sonar" by Brink

"Mindphuck" by Known To Be Lethal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr7l9yBw

"After Hours"

"Lakes" by Chooga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hnsQc9ST0

"Beautiful Days" by Extan
https://soundcloud.com/extandnb/beautiful-days

"Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix" by Foniqz
https://soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/foniqz-spectrum-subdiffusion

"Good Way Song" by Electronic Rescue

"Alice y Bob" by Javier Rubio and Parsec
https://archive.org/details/escala19_vvaa_escala_no_uniforme

"Sleet" by Kubbi
https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet

"Toaster" by Kubbi
https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster

"Patriotic Songs of America" by New York Military Band and the American Quartet
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/New_York_Military_Band_and_the_American_Quartet/Edison_Amberol_457/cusb-cyl3890d

"Lets Go Back To The Rock" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider

"Run" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider

"Fame" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352814/statueofdiveo

"Freedom Weekends" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352814/statueofdiveo

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