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E3: Epic, US Army Develop Games as Recruitment Tool

Posted by michael on from the army-of-one dept.

securitas writes "Reuters and AP tell us that Epic Games and the US Army have announced the America's Army series of games, jointly developed by the Department of Defense and Epic. The first two-part game in the five-year project includes an RPG called Soldier and a first-person shooter called Operations. The game will be free of charge and available for download in July or August, with 1.2 million CDs simultaneously released, attached to gaming magazines. Does this remind anyone else of the war-room scene from Toys or Ender's Game?" Future installments will include Sim Mess Duty, Sim Standing Guard in the Rain, Sim Blister, and Sim Invading Iraq to Keep Approval Ratings High.

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  1. Re:Don't Foget This One... by d^2b · · Score: 0, Troll

    Umm. How about:

    "Sim Risking their Lives to Improve the President's Chances in the Next E(r|l)ection?"

    There. Now everybody should be happy. Except
    maybe Democrats. Or Republicans.

    -- Playing nice with the other children since my
    last electroshock treatment

  2. "Sim Invading Iraq to Keep Approval Ratings High" by PHAEDRU5 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Sick little puppy, aren't you?

    --
    668: Neighbour of the Beast
  3. Re:Don't Foget This One... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Anyone who joins the military is a retard.

  4. You speak a very eloquent truth. by gaudior · · Score: 2, Troll
    The fact is, nearly all of the tech-elite teens and twenty-somethings have a deep 'loathing' of the military. They inherited it from :

    • Their Hippie parents
    • The others of there parent's generation who were shattered by their experience in Vietnam.
    • The fact they they have been given everything, without struggle.
  5. Piss off, shitbag. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Elitist fuck. Go away. We get enough of that shit from our fucking grandparents. Everyone on Slashdot thinks they're different and special---and they're all wrong. Especially you. You're one of those bogeymen that Jon Katz always points at, who tells the young'uns that they're worthless because you're old and obviously your experience is more valid than theirs.

    I'm going to go shoot up my school, now. Have a nice fucking day.