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Ender's Game Influences US Army Training
PortWineBoy writes "Although we've been bombarded in the last few weeks with techno tales of the U.S. Army, I found this
story in the NY Times (FRRYYY) to be quite interesting. The director of the Army's simulation technology center said that Ender's game influenced how and what they will build for future training." Begin Mazer Rackham Analogies...
Brilliant sig.
Bill Shatner? Is that you? And what is your problem with Phillip J. Fry?
(-1, awful)
Oh, and so not to be completely offtopic, No registration required link.
I once shot a man in Reno 'cause they cancelled Firefly.
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Uhhh, it wasn't religion or belief in gods that made Gloriously Bright trace woodgrains, it was the secret little OCD gene their government had inserted into their genetically engineered superbrains to keep em under control.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face
'The staff in the hand of a wizard may be more than a prop for age,' -Hamá, the doorward
Was there ever a Battle School mod made? (In any engine?) How the game they played in Battle School would be interesting to play, IMO.
No, it had everything todo with the US trying to further its own interests by propping up a corrupt regime against most of the Vietnamese population who weren't willing to lie down and take it.
No, it had everything to do with not committing the resources necessary to do the job.
The US lost that war, they got kicked out - yet the world is still here?
I was just a kid then, but my assumption would be that they figured that the spread of Communism was a bad thing. I think they have a similar idea about terrorists, rogue states, and WMD these days.