That game you grew up playing? It might not have been what you thought. The NSA infiltrated World of Warcraft and Xbox Live. The CIA funded the company behind Pokémon Go (via Google Earth's roots). The US Army built America's Army to recruit 12-year-olds, then moved to Twitch to play COD and Fortnite with kids — running fake giveaways that led to recruitment forms.
Call of Duty rewrote the real "Highway of Death" massacre (US did it, game blamed Russia). Military advisers shape narratives. Leakers post classified documents on Discord to win War Thunder arguments. The same guy who directed Black Ops later gave a talk about a Vegas hotel shooting — three years before the Mandalay Bay massacre.
Gary DeVore (hands found chopped off). Amir Hekmati (Marine-turned-game-dev, arrested in Iran, tortured, sentenced to death). These are the human consequences.
Games used to warn us — Metal Gear Solid, Deus Ex, Spec Ops. Now they're training us. Drone strikes run on Xbox controllers. The "PlayStation mentality to killing." The most dangerous game isn't the one you play. It's the one playing you.
So it was funded with public money