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The U.S. government’s policymakers aren’t the only ones taking lessons from Call of Duty<\/a> to market real military actions. The BBC reports<\/a> that Islamic State supporters have used Call of Duty to reach their younger recruits.<\/p>\n

IS fighters linked to the UK began referencing language and imagery from video war games such as Call of Duty, making simplistic claims about “respawning” in heaven – meaning starting the game again. Back home, their supporters saw these messages, shared them and made their own plans to get a flight to Turkey.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s not a multi-million dollar ad campaign starring Robert Downey Jr. or Jonah Hill, but as far as getting the message across, it seemed to do the trick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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