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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.
By Rebecca Clarren

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  • Sunday, September 17, 2006 08:35 AM

    Mark Prokep...

    "Being both a college journalism student and a veteran of internet first-person shooters, I have no idea why Ms. Clarren felt like writing an article about this.

    The guy is protesting the Iraq war by being a spamming newbie with a weird name on an America's Army server?"

    If that's genuinely your understanding of a) the content of this story and b) why it is a story worth writing (whether you agree with the activists' tactic or not), I strongly suggest you consider changing majors.

    —No Name Given

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