‘Call Of Duty’ Creator To Advise The Pentagon?

Screenshot from "Call of Duty"

Pentagon Think Tank Hires ‘Call of Duty’ Creator To Advise On Future Threats To US -- RT

You would think war-themed video games copy real life, and not the other way around. Not this time. A Washington think tank has hired the maker of the acclaimed “Call of Duty” game to envision the kind of future wars the US could be fighting.

The key reason for this, according to the Atlantic Council think tank, is that, with all its money and capabilities, America really isn’t thinking creatively about the various threats it could face in the 21st century.

Dave Anthony, the creator of the billion-dollar Call of Duty franchise, will be joining other authors, screenwriters and entertainment figures in an initiative called 'The Art of Future War Project,' set to launch next week, according to AFP.

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My Comment: Science fiction books/movies and Hollywood have usually been prophetic in their predictions on what future warfare may entail. The Terminator movies are an example of this .... who would have thought robotic drones (as depicted in the first Terminator movie) would be considered normal and indispensable today.