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Ermmmm... Sky News are suggesting that MS Flight Sim was used to train the terrorists in their pilot-ing skills. Cue mass histeria in the Daily Mail...
Who says gamers aren't skapegoats?
Full story on The Register.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/57/21635.html
Who says gamers aren't skapegoats?
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/57/21635.html
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It diddn't take them long to blame the gaming industry.
People are looking at someone to take the flack and distract reporters while they try and figure out who really did it.
People are looking at someone to take the flack and distract reporters while they try and figure out who really did it.
Maybe they should blame flight training schools for training people, shops for selling games, people for buying them, programmers for developing them, aircraft manufacturer's for building aeroplanes, airports for harbouring aircraft, and the physical law that says a fast moving stream of air over an aerodynamic wing shape creates uplift as well.
I can't really see Flight Sims being used to train people to fly planes.
"Raise the flaps"
"Which button?"
"Er. F7".
"There isn't an F7. I don't even have a bloody keyboard."
"Ok, I'll puase the game and look in the manual."
"This isn't a game, this real."
"Oh."
See what I mean?
"Raise the flaps"
"Which button?"
"Er. F7".
"There isn't an F7. I don't even have a bloody keyboard."
"Ok, I'll puase the game and look in the manual."
"This isn't a game, this real."
"Oh."
See what I mean?
I couldn't believe this at first but now maybe such a thing could be true.
Games are becoming far more detailed and many simulators are very close to the real thing. They contain options for most of the real life situations and natural effects like weather.
Flight sim is one of the most popular simulators and many pilots say its not too far away from the real thing.
I don't think that it was the cause, the news seems to say they were fully trained pilots, but they didn't have to land the plane or use the flaps and other tricky controls so who knows, flight simulators could be just as good.
I don't like to go on about this as we all know what happened and don't really want to be reminded of such tragic events. I would just like to send my condolences to all involved.
Ok moving on, i wanted to try and get back into writing topics aout games and got an idea from this. Could simulators really be that good?
I think they can, each new release gets closer and closer to the real thing. This could be beneficial or could also be a cause of horrible terrorist attacks if such information is actually true.
Think of this small situation, imagine you are onboard a small 2 seater plane taking leasons when the pilot suddenly takes a heart attack (or stroke or some other life threatning illness) I know most if not all would panic and try get help with the radio. Those who have played a flight simulator with a similar plane may feel a little more comfortable and in control. It could save your life. So could simulators benefit us in such situations?
Moving back to the original bit about games causing serious problems like the terrorist attack. Maybe this is a hidden side to games, maybe some games in the wrong hands could be quite dangerous. If such a thing could be proved right could we see a change to the gaming world. President Bush is the most powerful man in the world and if he wanted something done the chances are it would happen, so what if he decided certain games should not be released due to the fact they could be dangerous in the wrong hands. What would it be like for the rest of us?
I don't like to see games get the blame and usually its only a very small percentage who think that games have a negative effect but could something like this change the small percentage into a large percentage who want to see actions taken? The debate about violent games could be brought in, could we see a reduction in the number and quality of such games?
I for one don't think games have this serious an effect. These people were going to this no matter what and would get their information and knowledge from somewhere. So don't blame the games, blame the people who abuse.
Games are becoming far more detailed and many simulators are very close to the real thing. They contain options for most of the real life situations and natural effects like weather.
Flight sim is one of the most popular simulators and many pilots say its not too far away from the real thing.
I don't think that it was the cause, the news seems to say they were fully trained pilots, but they didn't have to land the plane or use the flaps and other tricky controls so who knows, flight simulators could be just as good.
I don't like to go on about this as we all know what happened and don't really want to be reminded of such tragic events. I would just like to send my condolences to all involved.
Ok moving on, i wanted to try and get back into writing topics aout games and got an idea from this. Could simulators really be that good?
I think they can, each new release gets closer and closer to the real thing. This could be beneficial or could also be a cause of horrible terrorist attacks if such information is actually true.
Think of this small situation, imagine you are onboard a small 2 seater plane taking leasons when the pilot suddenly takes a heart attack (or stroke or some other life threatning illness) I know most if not all would panic and try get help with the radio. Those who have played a flight simulator with a similar plane may feel a little more comfortable and in control. It could save your life. So could simulators benefit us in such situations?
Moving back to the original bit about games causing serious problems like the terrorist attack. Maybe this is a hidden side to games, maybe some games in the wrong hands could be quite dangerous. If such a thing could be proved right could we see a change to the gaming world. President Bush is the most powerful man in the world and if he wanted something done the chances are it would happen, so what if he decided certain games should not be released due to the fact they could be dangerous in the wrong hands. What would it be like for the rest of us?
I don't like to see games get the blame and usually its only a very small percentage who think that games have a negative effect but could something like this change the small percentage into a large percentage who want to see actions taken? The debate about violent games could be brought in, could we see a reduction in the number and quality of such games?
I for one don't think games have this serious an effect. These people were going to this no matter what and would get their information and knowledge from somewhere. So don't blame the games, blame the people who abuse.
There blaming games really?
That's stupid!
Sheesh!
That's stupid!
Sheesh!
Ermmmm... Sky News are suggesting that MS Flight Sim was used to train the terrorists in their pilot-ing skills. Cue mass histeria in the Daily Mail...
Who says gamers aren't skapegoats?
Full story on The Register.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/57/21635.html
Who says gamers aren't skapegoats?
Full story on The Register.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/57/21635.html
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