Why Gamers Will Win the Next War
Why Gamers Will Win the Next War
Why Gamers Will Win the Next War
June 30, 2022
By Nick Moran and Arnel P. David
Summary
Thousands of gamers are working to upend traditional models of training, education, and analysis in government and defense.
This grassroots movement has developed across several countries, under a joint venture-Fight Club International-within which civilian and military gamers are experimenting with commercial technologies to demonstrate what they can do for national security challenges.
Early testing with Fight Club, in a constructive simulation called Combat Mission, showed that civilian gamers with no military training outperformed military officers with years of experience.
The military gamers were constrained in their thinking and clung dogmatically to doctrine.
They discovered, to their frustration, that their speed of decision-making was lacking against gamers with greater intuition and skill.
The study of war through experiential learning vis-à-vis games is enabling warfighters to become more adaptive.
Clearly, leveraging gamers and introducing more gaming can improve strategic performance in defense and government, but will we allow a cultural change to take root? Or will institutional biases stand in the way?
Reference
Moran, N., & David, A. (2022, June 30). Why gamers will win the Next War. Retrieved July 7, 2022, from https://mwi.usma.edu/why-gamers-will-win-the-next-war/