The dangers of 'game-changing'

I've written another post on the Guardian's Comment is Free site, this time adding to a theme I've been pursuing for a while in the Play Ethic context - the relationship between play, games, war and the military (see this blog and my del.icio.us tag). You can comment there, or here - be glad to hear your responses.

UPDATE: See this article in Harper's magazine this month, Luke Harding on the 'God-mode' in American politics. An excerpt: "We, as a nation, seem to be seeking a technological circumstance that allows the United States not just to dominate but to dominate so absolutely and effortlessly that we need not even think about our enemies, much less fear them—something that allows us to turn off our minds and enjoy the synthetic beauty of the game. The phrase the Pentagon uses is “Full-spectrum Dominance.” I call it god mode."