International Red Cross Committee Wants War Crimes In Video Games Punished

[Initech]

The International Committee of the Red Cross have called for video games to punish crimes committed in battle by adhering to real-life international war conventions.

“The ICRC believes there is a place for international humanitarian law (the law of armed conflict) in video games,” the organization that works worldwide to provide humanitarian help for people caught in war zones said in a statement on their website.

“The ICRC is concerned that certain game scenarios could lead to a trivialization of serious violations of the law of armed conflict,” they added. “The fear is that eventually such illegal acts will be perceived as acceptable behavior.”

Bernard Barrett, a spokesman for the organization said they were not trying to censor games or spoil people’s fun, but rather, “make clear that there are rules in battle and that certain acts are illegal.”

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/02/20787029-war-crimes-in-video-games-should-be-punished-icrc-says?lite

Good luck with that!

[krispos42]

1. The Pentagon needs this filter for their training simulators, that's for certain.

In video games, it would probably be seen as a matter of pride.

"Dude, I got 547 indictments by the Hague on that last level! How'd you do?"

[Javaman]

2. because real life is too hard, let's go for the fake stuff!

good plan.