Video game trivia, part 2: On to the next level

OK, you got 10 out of 10 on the easy quiz. You think you know something about how video games get made? Their history? What role they play in American culture? Here's the hard quiz. Get your game face on. Let's see how you do. Hey! We see you. Stop 'Googling' before you click on the answer.

8. Psychologists treating war veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder recently used the video game Full Spectrum Warrior as part of their therapy. Which of these sounds, added to help ease the trauma, made the soldiers react most intensely?

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Saudi Arabian men play video games, at a guest house in the city of Tabuk March 10. The Middle East has one of the fastest growing communities of online gamers in the world.

AK-47 gunfire/Cry of a baby

Helicopter sounds/Explosions

Sirens/Arabic speakers

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