A Rant Is Born
This and This inspired this little rant. And despite the topic, I'm really not on a video game kick. Its just that the things that has irritated me the most lately happen to relate to video games.
Let me start by saying that I enjoy the blog I am about to link to. I find the author humorous and insightful. Just sometimes, I disagree. And while I expressed my disagreement on the second post I'm about to link, I needed to vent Monkeystyle.
Link 1 and Link 2.
I'm not summarizing this time, go read.
I have played video games that have me doing everything from saving the world to spreading a virus that kills every person on Earth. I've been an astronaut, a paper delivery boy, a vampire, a lonely guy looking to get laid, and even an undead woman that kills unsuspecting humans as they explore Azeroth. And yes, I have even played as a German WWII grunt. I've cleared an entire squad of allies rushing my mg42.
I've played some of these characters because they are cool, some because they are interesting, and some for good old fashioned escapism.
When is comes to WWII games and playing as a German, the second and third reason come into play. I think what the Germans did, to the Jews and to the world, was fucked beyond words. I in no way support their agenda.
When you play these games, you're just a guy with a gun trying his best to stay alive, sometimes facing overwhelming odds. And it doesn't matter what side you're on. You don't have a political agenda, you have a survival agenda. Kill them before they kill you. Take the flag before they take it.
Its not an endorsement of Hitler. Its a chance to step into the shoes of men fighting for their lives in a war that was bigger than anyone thought it could be. A war that reshaped the world.
And sometimes, its just fun to kill loud mouth internet jackasses on the allied team.
