War under the Christmas tree this year

Before I dive head into this rant, I would like to apologize for my lack of posts, I have been ridiculously busy lately, but plan on getting back to blogging. I missed it in my time away.

To my disgust, I saw a advertisement on television today for a videogame. "Rise of the Soldier", the only video game created by the U.S army. I was never big into videogames, I have owned a few consoles over the years, but never got really into it as some people do. Isn't that lovely, more than two thousand American soldiers have died, some of them because the army failed to properly equip them with armored humvees and suffice weapons, yet our armed forces has the time to create a videogame. Not only have they wasted time, resources and money when we as a country are in enourmous debt creating a videogame, this game is going to sell out, they are releasing it just before the holiday season. So this year all across America you'll have endless people, most of them young under the age of 18, killing Arabs via their living room for entertainment. I just don't see how anyone, let alone the army could want to create anything that glamorizes this war the way this game does. They of all people, the ones that are seeing first hand, can create something as interactive as a videogame that glamorizes it. Milking this tradegy for all it's worth. I have no problem with violent videogames, I have no problem with war games, I have played them and enjoyed them. But a game based on a Tom Clancy Novel and a game based on a war that is currently underway is absurd. Why on earth is our army creating video games?! How can they try to glamorize this war, this war that has killed thousands and is still so far from any end peaceful or violent.

As if this wasn't enough, rapper 50 cent has also released a videogame to follow up his movie "Get Rich or Die Tryin' ". From what I hear in the beginning, the main character 50, the one you control is shot a few times. He gets right back up on the horse and starts chasing down the culprits only to uncover some international political crisis. I think its safe to say that Curtis Jackson(50), has officially sold himself out. I was shocked when the pathetic excuse for a rap song "In da club" hit number one, now I just don't know what to think. Only in America can war and the drug using, bitch slapping, violent gangsta lifestyle be glamorized.