tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post5997956472957105773..comments2024-03-27T02:15:30.590-07:00Comments on AS IT STANDS: Re-enacting the Vietnam War...the stupidist thing I ever heard of!ImBlogCrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114155503257613636noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post-72604038190488044762009-08-21T11:13:24.556-07:002009-08-21T11:13:24.556-07:00This particular post has been sitting heavily on m...This particular post has been sitting heavily on my mind since I first read it and find my earlier commeny, "amen", inadequate to express the way I feel.<br />I understand the need to review historic events. But Vietnam?????<br />That would have been like re-enactimg the Civi War in 1895!! The last veteran of that war passed away in 1959. After his death there was no one left to tell of the horrors of that war, so out come the historians and the re-enacters. Necessary? I'm sure there are those who would say yes. As for me? I don't know. <br />The Civil War was unique in that, it was fought by Americans on both sides. Besides abolishing slavery it made the United States a more complete nation. Before the war, the states were independent of each other. The United States was even referred to in the plural form "are". After the war we became unified as one nation, there after referred to as "is". Singulat. One nation.<br />Proving that the Civil War had a positive outcome. <br />There was nothing positive about Vietnam. I am ashamed to admit that originally, I was one of those active duty military Vietnam War wannabes that you refer to. That is until I observed the effects the war had on my friends and family that did fight. They have never been the same. Nor has our country or the men and women that man the bridge of leadership. The quality of leaders in the White House and the men and women in Congress are not the quality that this country needs and deserves. We have become a nation of game platers and role players.<br />If we have learned one thing from war it is; it really can make a lot of money.<br /> Isn't that really cool boys and girls???? <br /><br />As you said Dave, "So why the hell do people want to re-enact a shameful period of our history when we bullied another country for no good reason? We all know that for sure now. There’s no excuses to say what we did was righteous. It was wrong. All the more reason not to glorify it with some outdoor theater of the absurd".<br /><br />So, Lets keep those games going, be it on your computer, game boy, Xbox, TV, or the green hills of home, because when the games are over we can grab a shower, wash the blood away,have a warm meal and snuggle up for a good night's sleep. You know just like they did in Vietnam. Nothing beats realizm!!Tom Hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10430318716392805381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post-32469236504240784852009-08-20T20:50:05.687-07:002009-08-20T20:50:05.687-07:00Its sad but true...
Vietnam War in games
From Wik...Its sad but true...<br /><br />Vietnam War in games<br />From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<br />Jump to: navigation, search<br />The Vietnam War has been depicted in many games.<br /><br />Video Games<br />Many developers have avoided the Vietnam war.[citation needed] However, a few games have been released and sold.<br /><br />Battlefield Vietnam<br />Conflict: Vietnam<br />Lost Patrol<br />Men of Valor<br />Platoon (video game)<br />Rambo (1985 video game)<br />Rambo (video game)<br />Shellshock: Nam '67<br />Shellshock 2: Blood Trails<br /><br />[edit] Traditional wargames<br />There have been a number of attempts at tabletop simulation of the Vietnam war. A few examples are.<br /><br />Year of the Rat - Vietnam, 1972(1972) Published By SPI. simulation of the 13 weeks of the Communist Offensive in the Spring of 1972.<br />Operation Pegasus(1980) Published By Task Force Games. A game simulating the campaign to break the siege of Khe Sahn during the Vietnam War in 1968.<br />Defiance: The Battle of Xuan Loc(1980) Published By Swedish Game Production. A simulation of The Battle of Xuan Loc (11 April 1975).<br />No Trumpets No Drums(1982) Published By World Wide Wargames (3W). Operational level game simulating the whole of Americas ground combat role (1965-1975).<br />Vietnam 1965-1975(1984) Published By Victory Games Batalion level game simulating the whole of Americas ground combat role (1965-1975).<br />Tet '68(1992) Published By XTR Corp. A simulation of the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam.<br />Winged Horse: Campaigns in Vietnam, 1965-66(2006) Published By Decision Games. a simulation of the critical fighting that marked the first months after massive conventional US intervention into conflict. An expansion was also produced to cover the war up to 1975.<br /><br />[edit] Computer wargames<br />The Vietnam war is beginning to get treatment in the field of computer wargames.<br /><br />Squad Battles: Vietnam, (2006) Published By HPS Games<br />Air Assault Task Force, (2008, contains one Vietnam campaign) Published By ProSIM Company<br />Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_in_games"<br />Categories: Vietnam WarCarl Hand-uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669351877972529166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086136476855589174.post-89145263618147070682009-08-20T14:14:42.925-07:002009-08-20T14:14:42.925-07:00AmenAmenTom Hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10430318716392805381noreply@blogger.com