From Times of India (via Joystiq):

Is that why you play war games on your play station because many might say it’s inappropriate for a Buddhist monk dedicated to peace to play war games?

Well, I view video games as something of an emotional therapy, a mundane level of emotional therapy for me. We all have emotions whether we’re Buddhist practitioners or not, all of us have emotions, happy emotions, sad emotions, displeased emotions and we need to figure out a way to deal with them when they arise.

So, for me sometimes it can be a relief, a kind of decompression to just play some video games. If I’m having some negative thoughts or negative feelings, video games are one way in which I can release that energy in the context of the illusion of the game. I feel better afterwards.

The aggression that comes out in the video game satiates whatever desire I might have to express that feeling. For me, that’s very skilful because when I do that I don’t have to go and hit anyone over the head.

From dailyherald.com:

The simulation of wartime Iraq was so realistic, Duckworth said, the only things missing from the SUV she rode in were food wrappers on the floor and fuzzy dice. She spoke from experience, having lost both legs as a military helicopter pilot in Iraq.

She, and the scientists who promote it, think the simulator can help veterans dealing with the hardships of post-traumatic stress disorder, and as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs, she awarded a grant Monday for $97,500 to make it available at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village. It is the first hospital in Illinois to use the technology.

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