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Games That Shoot Back

Posted by timothy on from the mmm-enticing dept.

syousef writes "A shooting game that shoots back, delivering electric shocks through the player's hips when they're shot, is being used for recruitment (Hey shooting people is fun) and training by the U.S. military. There's talk of developing it into a PC game. Here's a quote from the article: 'It has the same power as a stun gun. It knocks you down. You have to continue to work through the pain and keep on fighting, as that is what you need to do - to keep on fighting even when wounded.' I guess in Soviet America, games shoot you. How many law suits would this cause based on unknown heart conditions? I also hope there's some sort of built-in safety in case the thing starts to zap you repeatedly. (Deadly endless loop, anyone?)"

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  1. Ouch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First *zap*

    ...

  2. Is it possible to become aroused by antifoidulus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    by regret?
    I think I am a regretophile.

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  3. Soviet where? by atgrim · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "I guess in Soviet America, games shoot you. How many law suits would this cause based on unknown heart conditions?"

    Spoken like a true liberal. :-)

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  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. Re:In Soviet Russia.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The original came from "The Family Guy", correct?

    No, Yakov Smirnoff.

  6. Not only that but... by Mr+Guy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The original poster was more accurate based on how it was orignally used by Yakov. The meme is simply to reverse the words, Yakov used it more extensively than that.

    For example, the "classic meme" type example:

    In America you can always find a party. In Russia, the party finds you.

    However, he also used it in other sytles:

    In America you can meet women on the bus. In Russia, the women are the bus.

    I think the original poster probably could get away with arguing he used in the less strict, "What a country" sense, but then I'm killing time before a meeting and have nothing better to do.

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