Red Cross says War Games should be bound by the Geneva convention

Started by jimmy olsen, December 07, 2011, 05:30:03 PM

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DontSayBanana

Just out of curiosity, how would they enforce GC rules in combat games?  Invulnerable NPCs?  Court martial cutscenes after completing levels?    A mock military tribunal to drop the banhammer on "convicted" violators? :hmm:

I, for one, would love to see an interstitial maze entitled "Escape from Leavenworth" added to America's Army. :P
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dps

Quote from: DontSayBanana on December 11, 2011, 10:56:22 PM
Just out of curiosity, how would they enforce GC rules in combat games? 

Haul gamers before a war crimes tribunal.

Razgovory

Quote from: Ideologue on December 10, 2011, 07:09:22 PM
Now I have an image of the ore trucks from Command & Conquer scooping up people and taking them back to the refinery.  It's pretty great.

The game was "Universe at War".  It wasn't very good, though.  One of the factions had these tripod harvesters where they zap up civilians, cows, houses, etc 
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Richard Hakluyt

Quote from: dps on December 12, 2011, 02:53:47 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on December 11, 2011, 10:56:22 PM
Just out of curiosity, how would they enforce GC rules in combat games? 

Haul gamers before a war crimes tribunal.

A virtual war crimes tribunal would seem appropriate  :hmm:

One can imagine a game where the protagonist gets back from a mission and finds himself in a shitstorm for being a war criminal. Imagine a hotbar full of legal and rhetorical skills that you press as the court martial proceeds  :cool:



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Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on December 12, 2011, 05:56:50 PM
Quote from: dps on December 12, 2011, 02:53:47 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on December 11, 2011, 10:56:22 PM
Just out of curiosity, how would they enforce GC rules in combat games? 

Haul gamers before a war crimes tribunal.

Imagine a hotbar full of legal and rhetorical skills that you press as the court martial proceeds  :cool:

The skill "Lying" would cover it all.
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