CNN: Mass Shooters can hone their skills using video games

I think I just rolled my eyes so far back in their eye sockets that I was able to look back into the past reading this stupid article. I really don’t know why I keep doing this to myself because every time I read an article like this it kills a few brain cells, so where do I start with this garbage? Well, the start I am guessing so let’s see how deep the rabbit hole goes:

Okay, I am going to say this only fucken once: Playing with a video game controller is NOTHING like shooting a real gun with live ammunition I should know, I have shot plenty of guns. Video games (even Virtual Reality games) can’t hope to encompass all the variables that actually need to be taken into account when shooting at a target. Just off the top of my head things like: bullet drop, gun recoil, wind speed, and direction, the inertia, and speed of the bullet being fired and the distance of the target. Not to mention having the correct stance when firing your weapon. Almost none of the above-mentioned things can be tough using a video game controller or in Virtual reality.

If being in a combat situation was as easy you are describing then why aren’t more people playing video games being used as military personnel? Oh, wait it is nothing like playing a virtual reality video game. Training to become a Navy Seal, for instance, takes more than 6 months. It is 8 weeks of basic conditioning that peaks with a grueling segment called “Hell Week” where 2/3 or more of your class may call it quits or “ring the bell.” Please tell me again how they are basically the same?

I am sorry but you must be mistaken, accuracy is not what Virtual Reality simulators teach you. When in military use, simulators don’t train accuracy, that is why they have shooting ranges, these simulators train the brain to think, react and plan strategic move etc.

Well fuck let’s change the laws of physics to suit my argument, shooting a moving target from a distance is nothing at all like throwing a frisbee. They call it “forward allowance” – aiming in front of the target – not at it. The first big issue here is cover and terrain available to your target that you are trying too hit. You could be the best marksman in the world but if you can’t get a clear shot then your skill as a marksman is pretty useless. And using forward allowance is not the only variable that needs to be taken into account. Like I mentioned earlier: bullet drop, gun recoil, wind speed, and direction, the inertia and speed of the bullet being fired and the distance of the target all this needs to be taken into account. Something Virtual Reality cannot teach you.

There are literally thousands of different types of guns available on the market today not to mention many of these guns can use all kinds of different types of ammunition which makes a difference in how they handle, none of which has ever been realistically portrayed in ANY video game. Hell if you walk up to any of your average video gamer out there today and ask him to reload a gun or removed a jammed bullet he/she won’t be able to do it. Because you guessed it, video games and virtual reality do not teach you those things.

When you are so deep into your attempt to paint video games as being murder simulators that you start debunking your own article…

With the exception of the COD franchise being the top-selling video game each year, there are no other first-person shooters that is dominating the charts. The rest of the video games on those lists are pretty diverse when it comes to genre:

This article has to be the contender for the stupidest shit I have ever read. Who honestly in their right minds thinks that video games and Virtual Reality in any way shape and form prepare you for a real life shooting? The level of mental gymnastics you need to achieve to reach that conclusion is absolutely mind-numbing…