[Dean's World] Dave Price: Realistic War Simulation

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Posted by Dave Price:
Realistic War Simulation
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1195011255.shtml


   [1]Outstanding.

     I want a war sim... where I spend two hours pushing across a map to
     destroy a "nuclear missile silo," only to find out after the fact
     that it was just a missile-themed orphanage. I want little
     celebrities to show up on the scene and do interviews over video of
     charred teddy bears, decrying my unilateral attack. I want
     congressional hearings demanding answers to these atrocities.
     On the very next level I want to lose half of my units because
     another "orphanage" turned out to be an enemy ambush site. I want
     another round of hearings asking why I didn't level that orphanage
     as soon as I saw it, including tearful testimony from a slain
     soldier's daughter who is now, ironically, an orphan.
     ...
     In my Public Support Meter display, let me find out that the news
     media has run, in the same magazine, one story blasting us for
     going to war for minerals and another story blasting us for not
     acting on the continuing mineral shortage back home.
     There should also be simultaneous stories about the outrageous
     expense of the war effort, and another about how the troops are
     under-funded and under-equipped. Set it so that I somehow lose
     public-support points with each story.

   I wish I could excerpt it all, as this is possibly the most brilliant
   thing ever written/photoshopped. Read the whole thing (profanity
   content warning).
   (via [2]Ace)

References

   1. http://www.cracked.com/article_15660_ultimate-war-simulation-game.html
   2. http://www.ace.mu.nu/