Media Artist/Professor Types Names Of Real U.S. Dead Into Army-Funded Video Game

[Hissyspit]

http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2006/10/28/war_games.html

"In America's Army, a video game funded by the United States Army, players are armed with guns and their aim is to shoot people on the opposing team in a war-torn country. During the game players send messages to each other. Media artist and professor at University of Nevada, Reno, Joseph Delappe joins the game, gets killed and then types in the names of real American soldiers who died in Iraq. So far he's typed over 1,300 names and he says he'll stop typing when the war in Iraq is over. We'll talk to Joseph and one of his critics in the gamer world about the meaning of his war memorial."

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[NJCher]

1. Well worth listening to

Very interesting form of protest. At the Website are links to the artist/professor's site.

I love stories of how people express such creative dissent.




Cher

[malaise]

2. Clever and symbolic

K&R

[rman]

3. excellent

[Hissyspit]

4. .