PWR 2 Reponse Article War Games

After reading the article on War Games, I was thoroughly disturbed by what I just realized--that is that games like "America's Army" are actually created for the purpose of increasing enlistment in the US Army. Originally I just thought it was a game created by war-savvy individuals endorsed by the Army, but to have the main motivation behind a video game to be for increasing the ranks of the Army's enlistment is frightening. The comment about what happens in the Middle East ends up showing in the Kuma War game a week later, is a testament to the absurdity of this War Game phenomenon. Personally I've always felt that games aren't a bad form of entertainment, provided that the player understands that the game is after all, simply that, a game. Even more violent FPS(First Person Shooters) and fighting games I believe are not altogether bad, they're simply geared for more adult audiences. But to liken these types of War Games to Electronic forms of Journalism is to make a severe categorical mistake. Journalism informs, that is its purpose, despite what medium is used; games, however are meant to entertain. To say that a medium that is primarily used for entertainment, can alternatively be used for the spread of information is either very naiive or very presumptuous.