I get that that doesn't mean CoD is a murder simulator in any way, I just hate when the fact that these games are marketed and created in a way that could potentially lead a violently unstable human being to believe he/she is training to kill is completely discounted.
Making fun of it as though it could never be an issue is just as bad as making an issue of it every time its possible to do so, in my opinion.
Put Breivik in prison, he'll only get arse-raped in the showers. Put Breivik in a prison with mostly video-gamers, and they will give him what quite a few members of the victims' families want...an execution.
Unless it says “I picked up this game called Call of Duty” on literally the first page of his memoirs then everyone can feck off.
The man is clearly insane but I bet this one part of his testimony will be taken seriously by the news.
...I'd have used GTAIV to learn how to beat a DUI.
And it's not even just about how he perceives things. There is a body of evidence suggesting gaming heightens your situational awareness, and can increase your reaction times. Will CoD teach you how to point a gun and shoot? No, but it just might be able to teach you how to recognize, assess, and react to things quickly. To my understanding, this is the aim of military shooter simulators, to increase situational awareness.
Mix this with a game whose promotion is meant to immerse you in this inaccurate, glorified version of war, and not only can I see a profoundly messed up guy taking it far too seriously, but benefiting from heightened the situational awareness and fighter pilot reaction times he could acquire from marathon gaming sessions. Maybe not how it happened, and likely not how it ever possibly be reported, but possible.
I'm sorry for ranting. I just don't get why anyone thinks countering "games are evil" with "games can do no evil" gets us anywhere.

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