Sixty-one years ago today, June 6th, the inarguably most decisive and important battle in the history of human kind took place on the waters of the English channel and the beaches of Normandy.. Its outcome gave the overwhelming foreshadowing of Hitler's world-domination dream. With the staggering numbers of 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes and 150,000 soldiers, D-day still breaks records with modern battles. Facing open fields, mines, entanglements and other life threatening dangers, the Allied forces attacked 6 key locations, including Omaha and Sword beach.

On this day we look back on the outcome of this battle, and it's prefiguration of the end of the war. We also think of the soldiers who gave their lives and those who gave their limbs to their belief. Without the powerful persona of the Allied forces, much freedom taken for granted today would not have existed.

Yet on this day, the gaming community still play violent first person shooters, imitating the horrors of war. While playing though the eyes of the soldier, about to land on Omaha, or dropping a bomb on the axis, remember. Remember that war was and is not a game. Before throwing the grenade or planting the mine, remember the devastating and inhumane abominations in battle after battle.

This 61st anniversary of D-day should not be a day of mourning but a day of remembrance for the thousands who did not lose their lives, but gave them away for a cause that embraced human freedom all the way to the present.