Thread: Are video games training the next generation of solider?

you are pretty much right if you go to army officer school you will play a game to tech you how to fight in the citys. the rule is you are not allowed to fail at all. in the game you cab take you men to a medice bu tthe solider playing it cant let is troops get shoot. the game is really hard

it takes more than a trigger finger and good hand-eye cordnation to make a solider. A fun past-time, but hardly what I'd consider military training.

I think that yeah....
I play many first person shooters and strategy games....
although its not the same.... some friends and I played paintball and I took "command".... after a few minutes of checking the field I divided us into 4 groups and gave the "strategy"... then during the "battle" I started fighting as if I was playing Counter Strike....
in the end we kicked @$$!..... XD
although it doesnt give much physical skill.... it helps in other ways...

i doubt it. sure it takes a great tactical mind and lightning fast finger reflexes to win a shooting game or RPG, but don't forget that videogames rot our brains....slowly....

in the end, a solider's job is to follow orders, not say, "hey, this one tactic I did in command and conquer once worked real good, maybe we could try that!" No. You are trained to be an effient killing machine, not a brilliant tactician.

Originally Posted by Dark.

in the end, a solider's job is to follow orders, not say, "hey, this one tactic I did in command and conquer once worked real good, maybe we could try that!" No. You are trained to be an effient killing machine, not a brilliant tactician.

Soshi Kitai and i agree whole-heartedly!!!

well that's how I view this. the more you know the better you know what to do.