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Video Game Playing Skills Useful In Real Life Combat Situation

Posted Mar 21, 2006 at 1:47PM EST by QJ Staff

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The U.S. Army has discovered that soldiers who grew up playing video games are better at operating CROWS (common remotely operated weapon stations). Apparently, skills required in operating video games are very similar to the CROWS controls. With CROWS, a gunner remains relatively safe inside the vehicle as he checks out the surroundings on a computer monitor (with night vision and telephoto capabilities). They noted experienced video gamers are skilled at whipping that screen view around, and picking up any signs of danger. Does this mean more Army Recruiters will be dropping by video arcades from now on?

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# More like... — Illegal Machine 2006-03-21 17:38

Recruiters on Xbox live.

# If i do get drafted — Guest 2006-03-21 17:41

I hope I get pt in one of these.

# Haha — Snoopster J 2006-03-21 17:45

That's very interesting - still you can't sweep snipe in real life like in Halo 2 :)

# Yay — cory1492 2006-03-21 17:46

The US gov finally has a reason to draft overweight computer geeks into the army...

# Motherf*cker. — Guest 2006-03-21 17:55

This can't be good for me ... They already come to my high school to recruit us, and now the game stores and arcades. When will it end?

# Random Army Recruiter — Guest 2006-03-21 18:04

Good evening gamers, have any of you considered a future career in the United States Army?

# boom head shot!!! — Guest 2006-03-21 18:21

yah me and my friend talked about this b4, if thers like ww3 and they run out of fit ppl they can get gamers like us and we would pwn coz its basicly like FPS but better graphics xD and we hav the experience, hand-eye coordination and all that ;p so yah go gamers >

# nothing new — metalslime 2006-03-21 18:30

http://www.americasarmy.com/

america's army is a form of recruitment, and its been playable for years.

# I wonder — Guest 2006-03-21 18:40

if they ever considered paintball b4 video games

# AHHHA — Guest 2006-03-21 19:10

So it's like they're playing in RL, you know!

PURE PWNAGE!

# SIGN ME UP — Guest 2006-03-21 19:51

I'd love to go but only if they let me control all the best weapons behind 10 inch steel :)

# Its True — Guest 2006-03-21 20:10

Its true though. I have played shooting games in arcades for years (Time Crisis, Police Trainer, Dear Hunter 'its an ok game') and last year when I first went to a firing range my trainer said I was a natural and I had head shots on every paper.

P.S. Head shot rule.

# silly news — Guest 2006-03-22 00:35

Less of crap news like ''video games make prisoners behave'' or ''video games are good fro the army'' we want real stuff....

-Comedy

# I hear — Guest 2006-03-22 02:51

Video games are good for sex. The reflexes and the aiming developed while playing CounterStrike make you ***** like a tiger.

# how dare you call yourself comedy — comedy 2006-03-22 03:29

nocomment

# how dare you call yourself comedy — comedy 2006-03-22 03:31

aw *****, i posted a blank comment. anyway, you can't call yourself comedy, i got here first

this is silly, i have no trouble killing aliens in a video game but for it to be just applied to this weapon of war without having to think seriously about the fact that you're now killing real people is a mistake.

but we always knew videogames were good right? that's why we read these kind of websites.

# Comedy — Guest 2006-03-23 11:55

Hehe sorry bout that first name that came into my head really..

# Wow — Guest 2006-03-28 15:21

Then my **** reflexes are better than ever.

This is a very interesting topic.

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