There's been a fascinating proliferation of publications covering gaming. For people interested in issues of politics in games, and the slippery slope between fighting simulation and military training, the new Defence Gaming, "a new initiative from Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), The Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) and The Swedish National Defence College (FHS) to study, research and explore the conjunction of computer and video games and the military." Judging by some of the smiling faces in the staff section, maybe this was a project undertaken by gamers to make their cumpulsory military service fun? Either way, looks like Defence Gaming will be spending money and energy to track fascinating, if occasionally frightening, issues.
(first seen on Ludology)