I can't understand the attractions of these war games

It must be an age thing. I can't understand this, either. Besides, as you've pointed out, most children of today don't know what war means. I wonder how children from war zones (Syria) react to such games.

i wish i'd the answer, hon. sadly i don't :( too many seem most infatuated with all that brutality 'n i've yet to figure the allure 'f such. i'm with ya, games ought to be fun. not bloody'n the killin' 'f others.

Although it would be good if the only wars fought were virtual ones.

They know that many younger people would play it for kicks and never take it into account that young people may be misled by playing it.

yes. The kids from their childhood develop a war instinct among themselves. We are not looking at such things with all seriousness. The early the better. Otherwise, things will move out of our hands.

yes, I agree with you a game should entertain and be enjoyable. But sadly , now a days,more and more young people are getting addicted to these war games.

For one thing there is so much more to it than just killing. They are learning strategy and all different types of skills. I just posted a post about this very thing. A futuristic look.

I never will understand the attraction of violence in games, it seems so senseless.

I guess it's for the same reason a few people decide to join the army. Not all war games are about the World Wars, some are futuristic. It isn't the war concept itself, it's just that you get to "defeat" other players, I guess. Some games are very realistic, others can have weird physics. People just enjoy simulators, have you ever heard of the surgeon simulator game? I don't like these games, but there's another "war game" I played which is different: This War Of Mine, it was made to sensitize the youth about war. It is a management game where you have to take care of a group of people who struggle to survive during war times, manage their food, resources, send them to scavenge and be sure they can protect themselves from robbers and other criminals.

It's nothing new though, is it? Little boys have pretended to kill each other since time immemorial, i.e cowboys and Indians etc.

Yeah I find war games quite disturbing too. I don't really play games anymore but if do I'd rather stick to the hidden object games I used to play before.

It's the adrenaline rush that they don't feel in their mundane life.

I guess in some ways it's not much different to playing 'cowboys and Indians' but I agree with you. There is no way I want to be anywhere near a war game.

By war games do you mean the more tactical ones like world of warcraft or the video games like call of duty?

I can not understand all those silly games either.