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So the FBI's counter-terrorism game has a full title of Don't Be a Puppet, Pull Back the Curtain on

violent Extremism, and it's been under fire for getting the psychological processes of developing extremism wrong.

This week's war college focuses on video games and the way the US government uses them. We examine the propaganda and morality embedded in games and also a certain strain of subversiveness that's crept in.

You may not be familiar with all the games mentioned but we'll include links to

descriptions in the show notes. You're listening to War College, a weekly discussion of a world in conflict focusing on the stories behind the front lines.

Here's your host, Jason Fields.

Hello and welcome to War College. I'm Matthew Gault, contributing editor Jason Fields.

And I'm Matthew Galt, contributing editor of War is Boring.

Today we're talking with George Weedman better known to his fans as

Super Bunny Hop. Weedman is a video games journalist known for his cerebral long-form

YouTube videos. Recently he covered the FBI's attempt to make a game to counter violent extremism.

George, thank you for joining us.

Thank you, it's an honor.

George, can you tell us about the FBI's counterterrorism game?

So the FBI's Counterterrorism Game has a full title of Don't Be a Puppet,

Pull Back the Curtain on Violent Extremism, and it's less of a traditional video game in the sense that it is a game-like

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