TODAY'S GAME - TOMORROW'S WAR -- 3D Animated Short Film (HD)

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TODAYS GAME — TOMORROWS WAR


"Watch a 12-year-old take evasive action and score multiple hits while playing 'Space Invaders,' and you will appreciate the skills of tomorrows pilot"
— Ronald Reagan, U.S. President, 1983


Games and militarism have a long intertwined history. Most games, from board games to backyard games, have essentially been about conflict and warfare. Today, young people are exposed to video games, an ambitious technology of modernity. Studies show that the uniquely interactive, engaging nature of video games is especially powerful in shaping players thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Young players with low self-esteem choose games as an escape to the virtual world where they experience mastery and control with no consequences in the real world. A dark side of video games is that they are far more realistic and violent than their gaming predecessors. Also, unlike the violence in other media such as TV and movies, video games allow players not simply to witness the violence, but to participate in it. By teaching players how to kill, and by glamorizing murder, violent video games desensitize gamers to the pain and suffering of others.

The video game culture is so powerful and influential on youth today that it is not surprising that militaries around the world use video games as recruitment tools. Played by kids, they share the same technology as military simulators that train soldiers to wage war. Even though the line between reality and simulation in war games is getting thinner every year, players are still presented with a very sanitized version of war. By masking the realities of soldiers experiences, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, irreparable injuries, and irreversible death, realistic video games dramatically differ from the horrors of war. The creators of games also gloss over the actual consequences of war such as civilian death, destruction, and hatred. One should not forget that hate begets hate and violence begets violence. Unlike games, reality has no reset button.

— Erden Zikibay and Mohamed Talaat


3D Animated Short Film
Senior Thesis Project
George Mason University, Spring 2009

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[greg1850]

Absolutely Brilliant Work! Greg.

[Erdenbek]

@greg1850 Thanks, Greg. Your films are great, too.

[DrUnnameds]

wow man that is an awesome video you made, great work :) and what does the title mean " Today's Game - Tomorrow's War " ?? What does it actually mean?

[Erdenbek]

@DrUnnameds Thank you. The title is a reference to the quote by US President Reagan in the beginning of film about recognizing the "skills of tomorrow's pilot" in today's gamer.

[amagee590]

Sure there are 'anomalies' in this vid's storyline, like what is Kid Brother doing in the war zone.. but the points the vid-maker seems to be trying to make are very valid:

* War is nothing like a video game.

* In a war zone people will not walk / run down the road firing & waiting to be shot. They are just as likely to snipe from concealment, and they will probably feel more than justified in doing so.

* In war stray bullets (& other causes) kill a great many innocent people.

* War is Hell!

[Erdenbek]

You got the points right. However, those are not "anomalies", they are allegories of real things as a part of magic realism. Guy getting "sucked" into a game is an allegory of him joining the army. Boy is an allegory of another foreign boy, killed by the guy in the war. And the actual boy could have been been killed by the PTSD-ill guy after he's back from the war.

[ICouldBeDaniel]

@amagee590 I am a Zionist.., I believe as an atheist Jew that the Jews have been persecuted so much that they need a country of their own where they are not constantly killed, harassed and subjugated to constant social discrimination. Maybe if you understood a little about the history of the Jewish peoples you would understand that maybe, just maybe people like you are the "filthy", "vulgar" individuals who seek to get pleasure from discrimination. You call that useful? I call that ignorant.

[amagee590]

@ICouldBeDaniel Was I talking to you? I was talking to a dirty filthy vulgar Zionist Jew CRIMINAL, one of many similar scumbags who have had their account deleted by youtube, and against whom legal action is pending. IF you wish to transform your mock outrage into something useful, why not focus it on the perpetrators, rather than their victims. Here, you can read a summary of just some of the worst offenders' exploits, just by googling for "LIARS FOR ISRAEL".

[ICouldBeDaniel]

@amagee590 Oh really... thanks... I'm Jewish and you are a douche bag.... go and do something productive rather than trolling

[ethantom999]

Also, Press 7 to cry...

[ethantom999]

At the end, it was what I expected but I didn't expect to be so upset. Amazing Work you have though!

[RDIGlobal]

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[AlethiaFilms]

not the best 3d, but still entertaining and emotional! :D Love It!

[LatinxAssassin]

That's just messed up.

[MTMiPower]

awesome dude :D