In real, modern combat, in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, some soldiers have cameras attached to their helmets. [[link]] The videos make it to YouTube (and on Kotaku, too), giving the rest of [[link]] the world a first-person view of real combat. https://kotaku.com/real-life-modern-warfare-soldiers-vs-pirates-with-hel-5528565(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); This week, The New York Times presents a simultaneously stunning and mundane video of an ambush in Afghanistan, as seen through the helmet cam of one U.S. soldier. Such videos, the Times notes, [[link]] make “personal brushes with combat look like first-person-shooter video games, though rawer and more chaotic and replete with real-life soundtracks of explosions, zinging bullets and muttered invectives.” The Times video shows a glimpse of just one harrowing day, December 8, 2010, a tougher day than I’ve ever had at my job. I can’t embed the video here, but I urge you to watch it over at the NYT site. This is what we play, but real. Combat in the First Person: Haruti [The New York Times]