Serious Games 14

Harun Farocki Serious Games IIV 200910 explores the use of virtual reality and gaming technology in US military recruitment training and afteraction therapy revealing fundamental links between technology and violence in a time of war Young recruits engage in simulated combat training which barely differs from video games produced as entertainment Footage is included from a workshop demonstrating the use of computer reenactments in the psychological care of veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder As a largescale installation Serious Games critically focuses on the role of audiovisual culture in the spectacle of war