What Came First, the Violence or the Videogame?

An anonymous reader writes "Another wave of video-game-violence panic is upon us. The pressed suits who read the pop news on television are wagging their so-called neutral fingers at an industry they have never understood. Planet Xbox 360 considers the many games they have played and the real-life murderers they have known in their own lives, and how little the talking heads know about either."

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Re:See: Dave Grossman / On Killing

[Darth]

I got no reference on this, but I think that I've heard somewhere that FPS and similar games are actually used in training soldiers. First comes to mind the game... was it called U.S. Army that was made by the army ?

The military in the United States uses first person shooters to teach small unit tactics, leadership, and teamwork skills. The goal is for the team to assess the situation, make the right tactical decisions, and then execute the plan in a coordinated fashion. The part where they shoot people is incidental to the purpose of the training.