Soldiers get their gaming fix at Walter Reed Army Medical Center

While helping out to cure cancer, video games now also help wounded soldiers to recover. The exhausted heroes at Walter Reed Army Medical Center roll up their sleeves to wind down and enjoy a good dose of gaming.

A soldiers’ aid group called “Cause” aim to give recovering soldiers a time to socialize and have fun. They dished out five spankin’ new consoles with Tiger Woods and Tom Clancy games. Famous party games were there too, like Wii Sports and Guitar Hero 2 which took the floor.

Apparently, the games are not only for having fun but also therapy. Juan Alcibar, who was shot by a sniper in Baghdad, even asked the physicians to let soldiers with hand injuries to pick up Guitar Hero to rebuild their hand strength and dexterity.

Major League Gaming, a professional gamers’ league donated 10 Wiis for the Cause. Like-minded John Whitaker, an 18 year old boy scout, spent US$ 5,000 earned from a local New York project to buy five PS3s with extra controllers and a pile of games. Thanks to their big hearts, Cause now runs a video game library in the center’s Mologne House where residents can borrow games for a week one at a time.

While helping out to cure cancer, video games now also help wounded soldiers to recover. The exhausted heroes at Walter Reed Army Medical Center roll up their sleeves to wind down and enjoy a good dose of gaming.

A soldiers’ aid group called “Cause” aim to give recovering soldiers a time to socialize and have fun. They dished out five spankin’ new consoles with Tiger Woods and Tom Clancy games. Famous party games were there too, like Wii Sports and Guitar Hero 2 which took the floor.

Apparently, the games are not only for having fun but also therapy. Juan Alcibar, who was shot by a sniper in Baghdad, even asked the physicians to let soldiers with hand injuries to pick up Guitar Hero to rebuild their hand strength and dexterity.

Major League Gaming, a professional gamers’ league donated 10 Wiis for the Cause. Like-minded John Whitaker, an 18 year old boy scout, spent US$ 5,000 earned from a local New York project to buy five PS3s with extra controllers and a pile of games. Thanks to their big hearts, Cause now runs a video game library in the center’s Mologne House where residents can borrow games for a week one at a time.