Five games to get you through a war
War is hell. Videogames are great.
Cannon Fodder | Virgin | Commodore Amiga | 1993
While most of the previous games on this list appear for reasons of psyching the player up for war, a simple blood-lust and guns ablazing approach isn%26rsquo;t enough to make a good soldier. War is complex situation, full of moral and ethical problems to be dealt with and guilt to be overcome. To ignore the human factor in war leads to both a lack of self-perservation and loss of the ability to properly look after one%26rsquo;s comrades in battle. If you don%26rsquo;t care about your own side, how are you going to win?
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