Over at Foreign Policy, there's a neat retrospective of "militainment" -- entertainment or educational games with a military theme.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fast Company] Reference

As someone who has been railing about the fictional quality of so much news reporting from Iraq, and the 'militainment' that has so distorted understanding of the conflict, its exciting to acknowledge that the war finally has a show of its own.    From Wordnik.com.  [ITS TIME FOR A SEQUEL: ��OVER HERE��] Reference

We couldn't wage our current wars without the all-volunteer military whose recruitment goals get fed every year by idealistic young people, who continue, despite all counter-evidence bursting off the front pages, to buy into the romance and excitement of war and armed do-goodism that the recruiters, with the help of a vast "militainment" industry, peddle like so many Joe Camels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Koehler: Peddling War to Children] Reference

Foreign Policy journal article that the "militainment" phenomenon can lead to greater distortions in how people view war.    From Wordnik.com.  [Livescience.com] Reference

In the latest edition of Foreign Policy, P.W. Singer examines the growing phenomenon of "militainment," a type of game content that draws praise from actual soldiers and officers as much as it gives them pause in its simplification of a deadly job, and bloodless lack of consequence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kotaku] Reference

They certainly don't regret their turning massacres into militainment or their current.    From Wordnik.com.  [News Dissector Blog] Reference

The real danger of militainment, though, might be in how it risks changing the perceptions of war.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kotaku] Reference

This might be the essence of this new era of militainment: a greater fidelity to detail, but perhaps a greater distortion in the end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kotaku] Reference

The militainment trend also takes place during a time when those killed in the wear rarely show up in U.S. news, and only arrive home as flag-draped coffins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Livescience.com] Reference

Brookings Institute defense expert, Singer wondered if militainment could also lead to a growing sense of detachment among military recruits during actual combat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Livescience.com] Reference

The best-known game to deal with real-world battlefield scenarios is first-person shooter introduced by the U.S. Army in 2002 and the gold standard in "militainment.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Slate Magazine] Reference

"This might be the essence of this new era of militainment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Livescience.com] Reference