Games as Therapy for Walter Reed's Wounded

It's video-game night at Mologne House, a brick hotel-like building that is the largest residence at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Five new game consoles and some of the latest games are hooked up to large, donated television sets in a meeting space off the lobby. There are Tiger Woods and Tom Clancy games alongside Nintendo's Wii Sports. One soldier debates bringing down his copy of Dance Dance Revolution. Just-unwrapped copies of Guitar Hero 2 are running on two of the TV sets -- the evening's biggest draw.

Like most video-game get-togethers, this crowd is mostly young guys. The difference is that everybody here sports that clean-cut military look -- and, of course, there are more scars, prosthetic limbs and wheelchairs than you would typically expect to see.

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