I don’t know about you guys, but whenever I think powerful, militant cleric I do not think gamer. I rarely think, but that’s besides the point. Which is why this game Politics Article is so interesting. It states that Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is a hardcore gamer!

As a young seminary student, his nickname was Mulla Atari, because he preferred video games to studying the Quran. Now, Muqtada al-Sadr is a radical cleric revered by millions of poor Shiites as a modern-day Robin Hood. He also may be the most powerful man in Iraq.

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Imagine going into your bio class and, instead of carving up an arcaic frog, you play Trauma Center instead? Awesome right? Well, believe it or not, some doctors actually use games for hand eye coordination. If the money doesn’t allure you to the profession, maybe the excuse to play video games for ‘practice’ will. (Hopefully that’s not the only reason) What next? Will law students be required to play Phoenix Wright? Leaders requiring to play Civilization?

Straight From My Local Surgeon: Games Help On The Operating Table [MTV multiplayerblog]