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Danish Psychiatrists To Use Counter-Strike

Posted by simoniker on from the subjects-get-lost-on-way-to-computer? dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to a Boomtown.net article discussing a Danish hospital's use of Counter-Strike in tests regarding long-term depression. According to the article, experts "..will develop a special version of Counter-Strike for the [Aarhus psychiatric] hospital, which is ripped of all violent content, but still retains its unique 3D design.. Senior doctor Poul Videbech wants to use the maps for testing the navigational skills of patients, who have suffered from severe depression over a long time." Fraggin' awesome.

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  1. Low on Details by Zardoz44 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Why Counterstrike? Why not just vanilla Half-Life? Why not Quake I? Duke 3D? It would be nice if there was some information on why CS was chosen over other alternatives. Does he want to use CS maps or is he going to design his own?

    On the surface, this could be nothing more than an excuse to get some research grants through publicity.

    Some Danish guy wants to use CS? Great. So do a half-million other people. Give us some meat to the story. I can't find any more information from a quick Google search.