War Games
OCTOBER 28, 2006 Listen to this Story
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In America's Army, a video game funded by the United States Army, players are armed with guns and their aim is to shoot people on the opposing team in a war-torn country. During the game players send messages to each other. Media artist and professor at University of Nevada, Reno, Joseph Delappe joins the game, gets killed and then types in the names of real American soldiers who died in Iraq. So far he's typed over 1,300 names and he says he'll stop typing when the war in Iraq is over. We'll talk to Joseph and one of his critics in the gamer world about the meaning of his war memorial.
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From Baltimore, MD, 04/19/2008
I am trying to find out if the war of 1812 is being reinacted in Baltimore very soon. Thanks
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