The behavior of the pilots is like they're playing a video game

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“The behavior of the pilots is like they're playing a video game,” said Assange, according to a report from Fox News. “It's like they want to get high-scores in that computer game.”Assange may be referring to the detached, casual nature of the dialogue between military personnel and the excitable language following the attack. While the comparison replica Vacheron Constantin 81000-000G-9107 Men's Watch of real-world violence to that of video games isn't uncommon, in this case, it's perhaps accurate, if a bit inflammatory.The gruesome video will be visually familiar to anyone who has played through Infinity Ward's most recent Call of Duty games, in which the player pilots an AC-130 gunship in an attack on ground forces.

The in-game dialogue in Modern Ware 2, which closely mirrors that of the WikiLeaks-released video, appears to be just as realistic in its nature as the piloting of a military aircraft and the destructive firepower inflicted upon human beings.Clearly, some games like Modern Ware and Battlefield, the aim for a high level of realism, but the unsettling video released by WikiLeaks may put that virtual violence in a new replica Vacheron Constantin 81000-000J-9108 Men's Watch context for some viewers. Whether its appropriate to toss out a “video game” comparison in a grim story like this is up for discussion.Video Appears to Show U.S. Forces Firing on Unarmed Suspects in Baghdad [Fox News]”When a video game's about one company's good guys and bad guys fighting another company's good guys and bad guys, writing up a story that sews together those rivalries is a bit of a challenge.

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The offending chopper pilots were accused, appropriately, of behaving like they were playing a video game.San Francisco artist Sandwich takes this accusation and runs with it, overlaying stills from the disturbing footage with the heads-up display from Halo 3 as “a commentary on the soldiers featured in the video, whose impatience while waiting for replica Vacheron Constantin 47120.000G-9098 Men's Watch orders to open fire displayed an utter contempt for human life, as well as modern ware in general”.More WikiLeaks Street Art Going Up on Valencia [Uptown Almanac]”Investigative organization WikiLeaks released classified U.S.

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