Russia Takes Its Ukraine Information War Into Video Games
Propaganda is appearing in #Minecraft and other popular games and discussion groups as the #Kremlin tries to win over new audiences.
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Remember when the US Army made a video game with tax payer dolars to promote themselves?
Yeah i head about that. America’s Army or smth like that. Heard it got cut and i think some players said that the game was actually kinda good lol.
Was never really interested in it tbh, seemed generic af.
I actually had a lot of fun in that game as a kid. It had the opposite effect though and made me never want to join the army. You die… a lot. Doesn’t work that way in real life.
I played it. Died at least once an hour. Not sure how it would serve its goal of getting recruits to join the army by dying several times per day in the game.