| Many believe, as do I that in the future we are | | | | real, the men on that ship all died, but the kids |
| going to be very happy that all our kids grew up | | | | playing the game saved the Earth. |
| playing video games, because they may well | | | | Well over a decade ago, I had a friend who |
| someday be controlling military robots protecting | | | | started a company who designed a video game |
| us from invading enemy armies. Today, that | | | | for the Stealth Fighter, for kids, and it was totally |
| sounds like Science Fiction, but it's kind of already | | | | popular, and there was lots of interest from the |
| happening really. | | | | DOD, so, it is a reality that we use video games |
| Many years ago, I read a really interesting Sci Fi | | | | to adjust the mindset of the next generation of |
| book once where a group of kids where | | | | war-fighters, also for recruitment. And his video |
| summoned to save the Earth, as they went into | | | | game became the basis for a military simulator |
| a no-win scenario, like the one Capt. Kirk Jr. did in | | | | project; pretty cool. |
| the recent Star Trek movie, where he rigged the | | | | There has been much written on this and I even |
| simulator, and beat the game. | | | | saw mention of it in a Rand Think Tank report on |
| Anyway, in this other story it was a no win | | | | the next generation of military recruits. It's part of |
| situation and the kids were all the best | | | | the plan of course, albeit a small one, but I bet |
| video-gamers, they were running manned ships in | | | | now with all the massive training of the UAV |
| the battle tele-robotically on an enemy space | | | | squadron tele-robotic pilots, and DHS, Border |
| base, and if they failed Earth would be destroyed, | | | | Patrol, Coast Guard, Navy, etc. that they are |
| although they didn't know that. So, they used one | | | | much more serious about it today than ever |
| of the manned ships as a sacrifice decoy, and | | | | before. Please consider this. |
| they won the game, only later to find out it was | | | | |