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As the San Francisco Chronicle puts it, the gaming industry is stereotypically perceived as "a gawky, geeky, hormonal juvenile delinquent who has an unhealthy fascination and mercenary interest in violence, combat, criminality, guns, porn, trolls, mutants, explosions and splatter." No doubt. But as we've demonstrated here time and again, gaming environments can be a staging ground for

As the San Francisco Chronicle puts it, the gaming industry is stereotypically perceived as "a gawky, geeky, hormonal juvenile delinquent who has an unhealthy fascination and mercenary interest in violence, combat, criminality, guns, porn, trolls, mutants, explosions and splatter." No doubt. But as we've demonstrated here time and again, gaming environments can be a staging ground for conveying humanitarian ideals, combatting corporate corruption, and learning about political conflict and peacemaking. They can even be an interactive approach to health and healing.

The image here comes from a game developed and designed by Ari Hollander as a tool to help phychotherapists treat patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder resulting from having witnessed or survived terrorist attacks.

Anecdotal evidence, [Skip] Rizzo and Hollander said, suggests that the therapy is helpful for some patients. New programs are introducing tell-tale aromas -- cordite, burning rubber, body odors -- to add to the sensation...Game developers, meanwhile, are preparing for other therapeutic possibilities [such as] games to address the effects of Alzheimer's disease -- potentially a $100 million market.