Not long afterward we have to fight our way to a heavily-guarded gate in the middle of the city. We witness their deaths and hear their screams as they’re burned alive.
We see white phosphorus, one of the most horrific incendiary agents used by the United States military, dropped on insurgents. Spec Ops tries to make us feel the insanity of the situation with passive techniques like disturbing graffiti on the walls, audio recordings that describe deranged interrogation techniques and the disintegrating minds of the soldiers of the 33rd Battalion, and a crazy journalist turned radio DJ who broadcasts throughout the city, but the player’s actions best convey the theme. They discover a city that has degenerated into a horrific war between the 33rd and the armed citizens of Dubai. It’s six months later, and the giant dust storm that enveloped Dubai has made communication with the outside world impossible, so Walker and his two Delta Force operators are sent in to investigate. Spec Ops is the story of Captain Martin Walker and his mission to make contact with Colonel John Konrad and the 33rd Battalion, United States Army who were lost in the city of Dubai while on assignment to help evacuate the city. Spec Ops: The Line has finally convinced me to do so. When someone talks about the potential effects of playing violent videogames I’m the person they’re thinking about, so I’ve never wanted to take the idea seriously. I’ve devoured violent videogames like candy since I got my first taste of Doom in 1993 and have specifically been hooked on military shooters ever since the original Medal of Honor series.
The truth is I have a personal motivation for dismissing these ideas without first considering them. I’ve told myself it was ridiculous, that videogames are fantasy and the psychological effects of violence are a real-world phenomena. įor years I have reflexively closed my mind to the question of whether or not playing violent videogames can have negative effects on the player. This article contains significant spoilers for Spec Ops: The Line.
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