Even Congress Gets It

I read with interest in the Washington Post this morning about the newly formed Congressional Modeling and Simulation Caucus (or M&S for short). You can read the article at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/13/AR2006071301861.html

Seems that all the dorks that played Dungeons and Dragons in high school are now either a) getting themselves elected to Congress or b) starting up companies that are leading the way in this field and asking their elected officials to take notice. Some of the simulations at a recent Congressional M&S event included learning how to operate a wheeled loader, saying a respectful hello in Arabic and how to evacuate a whole town in the wake of a natural disaster. The main draw of the session was VICE, the Virtual Interactive Combat Environment, a game that allows players to shoot their fake M15 rifles onto a giant screen with depictions of "the enemy."

Who knew it would be possible to get members of Congress so engaged in an issue?