Discover a new way to find and share stories you'll love… Learn about Reading Desk

Post Profile



Could realistic video games actually help aid soldiers?

“While improvements in technology make video-game violence ever more realistic—and desensitizing—they also make the games more complex, and therefore more useful as tools for training soldiers. …the best games can help soldiers anticipate real-world conditions. Video games are hardly to blame for the 2007 tragedy in Baghdad. But they could help to prevent the [...]
read more

share

Employers Turning To Games For Training [Workplace Gaming]

Entertainment / Video Games : Kotaku (5 years ago)

A study released today by the Entertainment Software Association finds that seventy percent of major employers in the U.S. utilize some form of gaming technology in their training programs. From simple quizzes to complex tool manipu... Read Post

Games Might Not Desensitize Us To Violence After All [Science]

Entertainment / Video Games : Kotaku (2 years ago)

The "video games desensitize children to violence" argument is a popular weapon in the arsenal of the anti-violent video game crowd. A new study finds violent games to have no effect on long-term emotional memory at all. More » Read Post

Grand Theft Auto Used To Steer Children Away From Violence? That's New [Video Game Violence]

Entertainment / Video Games : Kotaku (3 years ago)

Grand Theft Auto, often the whipping-boy for the anti-violent video games movement, is being used by a program in Merseyside, England to help stop children becoming desensitized to violence. Welcome to Bizarro world. More » Read Post


Copyright © 2011 Regator, LLC