SIM Security?
 

Saw another thread here that made me wonder: Has any software company put out a game for computer or console about "catching the terrorist"? Wondering what would go into it. Surely the game freaks are demanding it, aren't they?

There is this game:

http://www.addictinggames.com/airportsecurity.html

Its even an online game! So we could (if we were the type) post here and PLAY the game simultaneously!

lol

I wonder if the tsa clerks play this at night?! Perhaps this is the job training? :p

I don't find that farfetched at all. Didn't I read that drone pilots use video games to train?

Well, I wasn't too far off

What would really make such a game useful and educational is if you were able to allocated a fixed budget between a variety of safety/security measures, e.g., x% to airport security, y% to driver education, licensing and traffic enforcement, z% to educating people about the dangers of fast food and how to eat healthier, and then you could see which allocation actually resulted in greatest decrease in mortality. I'd be willing to guess that the optimal combination involves dialling air security spending down to zero.

Of course, a REALLY sophisticated form of the game would involve modelling kickbacks from security manufacturers, and scoring of cheap political points with the Kettle faction. If the objective of the game is to get rich on graft and hold onto your elected seat irrespective of the principles that need to be sacrificed to do so, then the "winning" strategy might not look that much different than what we see now.