When war is a videogame, it’s much easier to pull the trigger: Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System is a robot helicopter with a .338-calibre rifle controlled by the user with an Xbox 360 controller. [Popular Mechanics]
When war is a videogame, it’s much easier to pull the trigger: Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System is a robot helicopter with a .338-calibre rifle controlled by the user with an Xbox 360 controller. [Popular Mechanics]
Geoff
Friday, April 17, 2009 at 1:24 PM@I think we’re property
You’re partly right, in that high altitude bombing has been around for a while and naval bombardment even longer.
But, video games do teach to pull the trigger and a similar to military training without the rules and punishments for mistakes or indiscriminate killing.
See the book “On Killing: Teh Psychogical Cost of Learning to Kill” by Grossman, a lecturer at West Point
http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Psychological-Cost-Learning-Society/dp/0316330116
dean j
Friday, April 17, 2009 at 1:40 PMI want one!
P.S. Link is dead – needs url of this page removing from the start :)