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Growing up, I always wondered why war happened in real life versus in video games. You can duke it out without actually costing lives. I guess this kind of th
by chankstein38 3y ago
Growing up, I always wondered why war happened in real life versus in video games. You can duke it out without actually costing lives. I guess this kind of thing tends to do both.
- yeeeloit 3y ago> in video games What a world to live in that would be.
- inoffensivename 3y agoSounds like "A Taste of Armageddon"[1], a Star Trek episode where neighboring warring planets decide to wage simulated war in order to spare expensive real infrastructure. Except in this imagination, the people declared "dead" were required to report to disintegration chambers within 24 hours. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taste_of_Armageddon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taste_of_Armageddon
- gopher_space 3y agoI remember a story about space combat where just transmitting a firing solution would disable the enemy ship. Can't remember the title or author for the life of me.
- inopinatus 3y agothis is the role of sport
- hsbauauvhabzb 3y agoPretty hard for you to win when my soldiers have infinity health and ammo, but be sure you don’t yell ‘fight me irl’ in anger!
- leobg 3y agoIsn’t that the point? It’s not coating lives, so the enemy is still there. And may not like that he has lost the game.