I can still hope.

They're murdering bankers.

Yah...but at least they're liberals this time :p.

Ah! Yes! What a breath of fresh air! A Tom Clancy game where the villains aren't psychotic, American, hyper-nationalists or stock Private Military Contractor straw men.

I can think of a few moments in a couple of war games where there are honest to god war crimes but, as you said, they're always done by villains, and within the context of a story. What exactly does the Red Cross accomplish by doing this? Do they think that the average gamer is too stupid to understand right from wrong? Is it really such a big deal that they need to divert attention and resources into meddling with an entertainment medium?

Ah yes. Who wants to play a video game where you stand around getting shot at, but not returning fire ,because that would be a violation of the ROE?

And it would be prudent for the Red Cross to perhaps point out the supposed cases of war crimes in video games? You get shot at, you shoot back. What war crimes are they even talking about?

Oh look! They did.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112851-...

Notice the lack of outrage?

Interestingly enough the Escapist Magazine, a website about gaming, posted up an article attacking Fox News for a segment on Fox and Friends in which they criticized environmentally themed games. I'm curious if the Escapist will have any comment regarding this.

I'm a big fan of video games, and think they're an excellent artistic medium, but this is sickening. It reminds me of Ethnic Cleansing, a video game created by Neo-Nazis in which you shoot up Jews, latinos and blacks.

He doesn't. The entire paragraph is a straw-man.

Obviously, if tax money doesn't pay for art, then there will be no art! *sarcasm*