Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Prince Harry: Xbox helps me shoot Afghan insurgents


The Xboxer with the killer punch.


(Credit: ABC News Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)

When you're a British royal, thumbs are not for sucking. They're for beating your buddies at FIFA 2012. They're for being a monster at PlayStation and Xbox.


Oh, and they come in handy for killing some Afghan insurgents.


How can I possibly know this? Because the most fun-loving of the British Royal Family, Prince Harry, has given an interview in which he suggested that his gaming expertise has helped him be a very fine killer of enemy forces.


In an extensive interview published by the Daily Mail, the prince -- known to his army comrades as Captain Wales -- said he wasn't very good at school, but you don't mess with his gaming skills.


"You can ask the guys: I thrash them at FIFA the whole time," he said.


Is there anything more humiliating than a right royal thrashing?


The prince co-pilots an attack helicopter. And he quite happily admits that this, together with gaming, is more enjoyable for him than more mundane earthly basics: "Kicking a ball around or playing PlayStation -- or flying -- I do generally find a little bit easier than walking, sometimes."


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