Schenectady PD partnering with local company Catapult Games on virtual reality de-escalation training | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 The last game he played? One of Nintendo’s “Zelda” games years ago with his now-grown kids. However, in the ongoing process of refining training procedures for his officers to interact with the public, Clifford is more than happy to embrace emerging technologies. So, Tuesday morning at Urban Co-Works, Clifford pulled on a virtual reality headset and stepped into a simulation of a traffic stop where Clifford’s pixelated partner pulled a gun on a subject and worked through a series of options to de-escalate the situation.