His nemesis was a 12 year old on Call of Duty who kept killing him... When he was back in the States, Kyle was subjected to virtual-reality testing in an attempt to unlock the secrets of his, arguably, irrational calm when confronted with such remarkable violence and peril. He explained, “They wanted to do this experimental-type stuff to figure out the mindset, heart rate, and all this other stuff of SEALs. They basically put us in this video game. It was a virtual thing. . . . It puts you right back into some scenarios you’re in.” As it turned out, at that point, Kyle only felt vulnerable when subjected to virtual combat. After his platoon would come back to camp following a number of days in the field, the rest of the guys would immediately crash in bed. The Texan, however, would instead fire up his PC and play games long into the night (or day). While typically more a connoisseur of sports titles like “Tiger Woods PGA Tour” or “Madden NFL,” he tried his hand at digitized warfare, as well. “The new ‘Call of Duty’ came out, and we had the headsets and we hooked up our whole camp so we could be playing each other from our rooms,” Kyle explained. “We were going online with satellites and everything. “I had a headset that one of my guys gave me, and I’m sitting there playing. And the same kid keeps killing me, and he was talking mad junk to me. I’m sitting there, and I’m getting pissed. “He’s cussing and everything. Come to find out, he’s like a 12-year-old kid back in America. He kept killing me, and he’s like, ‘I’m going to slay you.’ “Motherf- -ker — when I get home, I’m going to sneak into your bedroom and I am taking you out. I’m a Navy SEAL!” “Whatever. You’re in your mama’s basement.” Kyle laughed as he considered the surrealism of it all: “Oh, God — I couldn’t handle the war games anymore. I just wanted to take that little kid out.”
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 04:20:06 +0000
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