BF2 is being used to train terrorists!

[bladesyz]

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2105341

Watch the whole thing.

[Stompwampa]

Just like Marilyn Manson is to blame for Columbine.

[Module88]

Although the government made mistake, I hardly think it would be impossible to use games as a training tool. After all, that's what the US Army does.

[asdf]

training? as far as i'm aware the army uses games for recruitment, but not training. you don't learn to pull a trigger by clicking a mouse.

[Module88]

training? as far as i'm aware the army uses games for recruitment, but not training. you don't learn to pull a trigger by clicking a mouse.

Hand eye coordination, target identication, reaction time. I don't suppose you've seen flight simulators?

[Ash Housewares]

Hand eye coordination, target identication, reaction time. I don't suppose you've seen flight simulators?

for an accurate analogy you would need a gun controller

DUCK HUNT FTW

[Module88]

for an accurate analogy you would need a gun controller

DUCK HUNT FTW

Well, that's what we have... Even police officers in some areas get the simulation training with such weapons.

[asdf]

Hand eye coordination, target identication, reaction time.

for that, just about any video game would do.

[Yaboosh]

Flight simulators and combat simulators are not even close. Flight simulators are actually able to relatively accurately reproduce the action of flying a plane since all that is fake is the outside, you are performing the same physical actions.

But trust me, just because you played BF2 does not mean you are ready to go out onto a battlefield. Imagine an army of nerds.

Personally, I think it is a good thing that they are being trained by this terrible tool.

[Ash Housewares]

Flight simulators and combat simulators are not even close. Flight simulators are actually able to relatively accurately reproduce the action of flying a plane since all that is fake is the outside, you are performing the same physical actions.

But trust me, just because you played BF2 does not mean you are ready to go out onto a battlefield. Imagine an army of nerds.

Personally, I think it is a good thing that they are being trained by this terrible tool.

it's kind of like using the Halo Warthog to learn to drive