**Podcast Links:**
– [Listen on Google Podcasts](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9kZWZlbnNlb25lcmFkaW8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M)
– [Listen on Apple Podcasts](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/defense-one-radio/id1256043663?mt=2)
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**Guests:**
1. **Elliot Ackerman**: A contributing writer at *The Atlantic* and a Marine veteran awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart.
2. **Peter Tamte**: Founder and CEO of [Victura](https://www.victura.gg/).
3. **Patrick Tucker**: Science and tech editor at *Defense One*.
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**Sources and Additional Reading:**
1. “[Goodbye, My Brother](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a53669/goodbye-my-brother/)” by Elliot Ackerman, published on March 23, 2017, in *Esquire*.
2. The video game “[Six Days in Fallujah](https://www.sixdays.com/)”.
3. “[Ultra-Realistic Modern Warfare Game Features Awaiting Orders, Repairing Trucks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuTkgi7scKo),” a satirical video produced by *The Onion* in January 2011.
4. “[Virtual reality exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a meta-analysis](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6713125/)” published in August 2019 in the *European Journal of Psychotraumatology*.
5. “[Trauma, treatment and Tetris: video gaming increases hippocampal volume in male patients with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7828932/)” published in April 2020 in the *Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience*.
6. “[Putting the Gaming Experience at the Center of the Therapy—The Video Game Therapy® Approach](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10298057/)” published in June 2023 in *Healthcare*.
