Fox Valley Technical College, an institution based in Oskhosh, Wisconsin (USA), is using a first person-simulator game to help criminal justice students. The machine covers a wide range of scenarios a police officer might see on patrol, including domestic violence cases and missing children. It provides students a hands on way to practice the techniques they’ve learned in class before they applying them in the real world.

Chris Matheny, vice president for instruction at the school, told the The Northwestern it gives students a unique perspective.

There is an emerging field in science dedicated to studying video games and their relations with society and modern life that is beginning to gain credibility. This field is called Video Game Studies and it involves specialists from different areas including psychology, computer science, visual arts and pedagogy. Professionals from several of these disciplines gathered more »