- Jan 4, 2010
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Have you ever wondered, when playing an FPS game, that there is no choice of sides as far as the protagonists are concerned?
Most FPS games to date have always revolved around WWII or the Cold War where the player assumes the role(s) of American troops and fights against the 'bad' guys who are either Russian, Chinese, Middle-Eastern or some other non-European/Western nation.
Nothing has been done in terms of studying the subliminal effects on the young impressionable minds of gamers through such biased portrayals of warfare.
Most game developers have been based in the US and western Europe until very recently.
The change in portrayal of heroes and villains has already arrived.
Meet 'Glorious Mission', a Chinese developed FPS military shooter that pits the Chinese PLA against the United States military. The player assumes control of a PLA soldier and the 'bad' guys are the US military.
It should be noted, however, that this Glorious Mission game is backed by the Chinese military which makes it much more of a 'simulation' than some time of consumer-related entertainment. Although anyone can buy and play the game, there is already talk of Chinese soldiers using this game as "training" which should raise quite a few eyebrows!
It would be quite lovely to see how this "freedom" and "freedom of expression" will now handled by the western media.
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/17/glorious-mission-chinese-video-game_n_863166.html
Most FPS games to date have always revolved around WWII or the Cold War where the player assumes the role(s) of American troops and fights against the 'bad' guys who are either Russian, Chinese, Middle-Eastern or some other non-European/Western nation.
Nothing has been done in terms of studying the subliminal effects on the young impressionable minds of gamers through such biased portrayals of warfare.
Most game developers have been based in the US and western Europe until very recently.
The change in portrayal of heroes and villains has already arrived.
Meet 'Glorious Mission', a Chinese developed FPS military shooter that pits the Chinese PLA against the United States military. The player assumes control of a PLA soldier and the 'bad' guys are the US military.
It should be noted, however, that this Glorious Mission game is backed by the Chinese military which makes it much more of a 'simulation' than some time of consumer-related entertainment. Although anyone can buy and play the game, there is already talk of Chinese soldiers using this game as "training" which should raise quite a few eyebrows!
It would be quite lovely to see how this "freedom" and "freedom of expression" will now handled by the western media.
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/17/glorious-mission-chinese-video-game_n_863166.html
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