Remember the good old days of video games, before the Xbox 360? Video games often took place in interesting and fantasy world that in no way whatsoever resembled our own. Those heady days are long past now. Because a great amount of today's video games now use real world places, events and people as their storylines and settings. Video games used to be a diversion from reality, and now, they are another window into it. And, that can either be a good thing or a bad thing.

Before things like the Microsoft Xbox 360, video games used to be an easily defined line between escape and realism. On one side, was life and the real world with all its problems and ailments, most of which you can't control. On the other side was the gaming universe, where you are the ultimate master and are in total control. Idea: why not combine the two, and give a video game player the complete control that video games provide into a real world situation in which otherwise, they feel powerless?