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Saturday, September 16, 2006 12:00 AM

Virtually dead in Iraq

To protest the war in Iraq, a media artist infiltrates the U.S. Army's popular online video game and gets himself shot. While angry gamers, soldiers and even some peace activists call him a nuisance, others say his message hits home.

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  • Monday, September 18, 2006 09:31 AM

    oh, yeah, "sigh" indeed

    Thank you Ms. Clarren, and Mr. DeLappe.

    I found and downloaded the game. Very entertaining.

    Would not have thought to try it if it wasn't for your protest.

    -- hmmmsigh

    Yeah. As if.

    FPS fans have known about this game for years. If you had two clues about FPShooters, you'd already know about it.

    And if you took up a new gaming genre just so you could "hmmmsigh" at some people you've never met, you're such a loser I don't know where to start.

    I love FPShooters, especially Half-Life and Halo; (and coincidentally, I am also a 41-y-old female - are we some hidden FPS demographic?) I am currently playing F.E.A.R., which is probably the best FPS I've ever played.

    I do categorize this as "different" because it's a recruiting tool for a real military. Anybody who doesn't get that has rocks in their head.

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