Flight Simulator in Terrorist Controversy
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Within days of the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington D.C. last week, Microsoft has found itself at the center of a controversy because of reports that it's popular Flight Simulator game was used to help plan the attacks. Recent versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator include realistic city landmarks, including the World Trade Center in New York, and sensationalistic news reports have actually included footage of the software showing what it would have been like to pilot one of last week's doomed flights. However, Microsoft says that the software could only help hone the skills of an already trained pilot, and could not be used as the sole instruction for such an act. But future versions of Flight Simulator will remove the World Trade Center in deference to the victims of the recent attack.