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Million-dollar digital war games to inspire, train new soldiers
Published: 05 May, 2010, 22:09
Edited: 06 May, 2010, 16:00
TAGS: Russia, Information Technology, Prime Time Russia
New video games are to be created by Russian companies to generate patriotic feelings in teenagers and arouse their curiosity about history.
This initiative was proposed during a meeting of a presidential think tank for innovation and technologies on April 29. Following the example of the US and the UK, which already use these methods of enticing youngsters into a military career, Russian ministers decided to invest 500 million roubles ($17 million) into developing a computer war simulator series.
Although Russia is not a leader in the video games industry – the field being dominated primarily by Japanese and American companies – there is still some history of success. A Russian company created a very successful World War II flight simulator “Wing Predators” that entered the top 25 of the most popular video games.
The new games will be military-based war-games, like “Call of Duty” and “Medal of Honor.” These new games, however, will put a Russian spin on the story.
In video games of recent years Russia is frequently portrayed as a conqueror. For example, the game “Call of Duty,” released in November, featured the mission called “No Russians” that depicted a massacre in a fictional Russian airport. It also showed Russians invading the mainland of the US and even dropping nuclear bombs on Washington DC.
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The latest call of dut game didn't really show russia in a negative light. The level "No russian" is an optional level, but provides the backstory which shows why the russians were justified in attacking America. And from memory they weren't nukes but emps.