Militainment: Is Shooting People Virtually Changing Our Opinion of War?

Snatching the pixelated pin from a virtual hand-grenade and tossing it to frag a digital enemy may be thrilling for gamers, but isn't close to the real thing. But it is close enough for military involvement in gaming tech.

Over at Foreign Policy, there's a neat retrospective of "militainment"--entertainment or educational games with a military theme. It starts with America's Army, one of the most successful video games ever, which has been played by over nine million folk. But it was...