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The Games Behind Your Government's Next War - People Make Games (youtu.be)
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This is a very interesting deep dive into how much wargaming has an influence on world politics.

Maybe I'm too cynical at this point, but the thing that most surprises me is the fact that other people are surprised at how deeply intertwined the game industry is with the military industrial complex.

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[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

It's more about the concept of wargaming (think boardgames) and how they're used by the military to run simulations and less about anything specific. That said, games I recall being mentioned are:

  • Slitherine games (Panzer Corps 2 flashes on screen for a second or two)
  • Call of Duty (specifically the mid-2000s modern warfares and the AC130 segments which are deliberately modeled to look like combat footage)
  • Watch the Skies, an alien invasion megagame created by a guy who runs wargames for the UK government
  • The COIN series of boardgames (A Distant Plain, Fire in the Lake) which were created by a CIA analyst.
[-] spectre@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Cool cool thanks a ton for the summary, curious about the COIN games so I'll probably watch this later

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