Wounded Soldiers Find Videogames Good Therapy

Via Ars Technica, an article on the Washington Post site reports that the folks at Walter Reed hospital in DC are finding that videogames make excellent therapy sessions for soldiers wounded in the Iraq conflict. In addition to the obvious medical benefits of refining motor control via controllers, the entertainment allows soldiers to reconnect to experiences they may have had prior to their combat experiences. "Video games are all over Walter Reed. They're used for therapy or entertainment, or both. Alcibar doesn't have any hand injuries, but he's been trying to persuade some of his physical therapists to make Guitar Hero available to those who do. It would probably help some soldiers rebuild their hand strength and dexterity. And it's another excuse to play."

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And they get to....

[iknownuttin]

In addition to the obvious medical benefits of refining motor control via controllers, the entertainment allows soldiers to reconnect to experiences they may have had prior to their combat experiences.

And they get to (in the video game) slap the shit out of Rumsfeld , Cheney, and Bush, and say, "What the FUCK were you thinking?!?!?".

Alrighty, gimme the karma hit. I expect it. I needed to express what I said.

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[morari]

Exactly, but without the sarcasm. Except for voting in 2008, of course. Any candidate is a joke. If voting actually had the power to change the world, it would be illegal. That's the beauty of a volunteer army, you really get a good sense of which demographics are idiotically patriotic. Ironic that it seems to mostly be the poor, who are probably jerked around more than anyone else by the government. Maybe it should be included on euthanasia eligibility tests: a) Are you a Christian? b) Do you regularly watch sports, particularly pseudo sports like Nascar? c) Would you fight to defend something that has absolutely no interest in your personal well-being, like the United States government for instance? And, to make my previous bit of "flamebait" clearer, I didn't necessarily mean rape in the most literal sense. But to be sure, the armed forces are notorious for partaking in foreign prostitution where poverty stricken women are left with almost no other choice but to cheaply sell themselves out for the pleasure of every dumb farm boy in a uniform.