In a recent article on the Video Gaming news site Kotaku an article entitled, "War Crimes in Video Games Draw Red Cross Scrutiny" caught my attention. You can read it for yourself and draw your own conclusions but as a gamer I find the premise of the International Red Cross' argument without merit.
There's no denying that the International Red Cross is compelled by its charter to "...protect the victims of international and internal armed conflicts. That includes war wounded, prisoners, refugees, civilians, and other non-combatants."
It now seems that may move to extend that charter to the realm of video games,
"... The question they debated this week is whether their mandate should be extended to the virtual victims of video game wars."
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