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He's talking like a gamer in that video.

• Qz 17y ago
  My point is: is that what the person heard on the video experiences, or an association we're making as viewers based on our experience of video games? I mean, the only experience I have that comes close to whats on that video is from playing Call of Duty 4 (which has sequences that look almost exactly like the footage). So when I see that video, I think, wow that looks a lot like a video game I've played, and when we hear how they talk in the video, it sounds a lot like how people talk when they're playing the video game. So we make that association because it's most accurate association we can make, based on the fact that we've never actually been in combat. On top of that, the video games are designed to make us feel like we are in that position, so it makes sense that people playing those games might talk like people who actually are in that position. I'm not sure that someone who has been in combat would make the same association. They could very well say "He's talking like a soldier in that video."
  • patrickk 17y ago
    Along the same lines: http://www.pyrosoft.co.uk/blog/2007/11/04/army-fly-uav-spy-plane-with-xbox-360-controller/ http://www.pyrosoft.co.uk/blog/2007/11/04/army-fly-uav-spy-p... I bet the guys at Microsoft never thought their controllers would some day be used to scout/kill for real