Hi all, cheers Ross, here is my suggestion for a GD game ( i hope it wasn't mentioned before).
Operation Flashpoint - Cold war crisis.
2001 tactical shooter, simulator and ArmA3 and DayZ's grandpa.
Why would it be good material for the show?
It has a good campaign, or at least engaging campaign with memorable characters and scenarios that are very versatile ( in one episode you need to find the way back home at night using stars for navigation). Writing is maybe a bit naive, but it has hart.
It is intense. One bullet, dead. When you hear russian armor, you go prone ASAP. Shooting enemy from 300 meters feels really rewarding.
It has easy to use (but also mighty) editor where you can set up your scenarios, from basic to complete campaign. You can drive everything, planes, tanks, helis, boats. It has day night cycle with authentic night sky.
When developers released development tools, it created cambrian explosion of mods. Every army, every era (from Napoleon to space marines from Aliens), from realism to experiments (dinosaurs, LEGO wars). I have 4 DVD's of mods, from when the mods were 10-20Mb average.
Very random, you can get very different experience for most missions.
It has solid music.
It has anti war quotes when you die, like:
A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.
Joseph Stalin
I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.
Nancy Reagan
The quickest way to end a war is to lose it.
George Orwell
But 2 main campaigns would be enough for a great episode.