The Second Battle of Fallujah, 20 years later

Defense One Radio

A decorated Marine veteran and a video game maker revisit one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. military history.

Guests:

• Elliot Ackerman, author and contributing writer at The Atlantic;
• Peter Tamte, founder and CEO of Victura;
• And Defense One science and tech editor Patrick Tucker.

Sources and additional reading:

• "Goodbye, My Brother," by Elliot Ackerman, writing for Esquire on March 23, 2017;
• The video game "Six Days in Fallujah";
• "Ultra-Realistic Modern Warfare Game Features Awaiting Orders, Repairing Trucks," a satirical video produced in January 2011 by The Onion;
• "Virtual reality exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a meta-analysis," published August 2019 in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology;
• "Trauma, treatment and Tetris: video gaming increases hippocampal volume in male patients with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder," published April 2020 in the Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience;
• And "Putting the Gaming Experience at the Center of the Therapy—The Video Game Therapy® Approach," published June 2023 in Healthcare.