America's Army Recruiting Success Discussed

Thanks to Nola.com for their article discussing the success of the America's Army game/recruiting tool, as the free PC first-person shooter "...now has more than 2 million registered users, making it one of the five most popular action games played online." Most interestingly, since "...the ultimate aim of the game is to arouse tech-savvy teenagers' interest in serving in the Army", can the success of the game be measured? The article gives an example of the Kansas City Recruiting Battalion, who are hosting monthly LAN sessions at a technical college, and "...can claim seven new recruits among the players, and expect to sign at least as many more in the coming month."

Comments

Slightly OT...

[theridersofrohan]

But interesting indeed!

Here's the other side of the story. Special Force, an fps " allegedly produced by the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah. The game's designers seek to "correct" the influence of western gaming concepts on the Middle East. In particular, they want to combat the view that the "oppressor" always defeats the "Arab."".

I found an article about it in arstechnica.

America 's Army made me go on a killing spree...

[Gnulix]

...and I'm suing the army for a gazillion dollars!

mission packs

[CheeseEatingBulldog]

Heh! The Us army can bring out extra mission packs every other month to coincide with their invasions.... Coming soon, from the makers of Iraq: All you black gold are belong to us!...and other such thrilling titles as Vietnam:If at first you don't succeed, sacrifice a whole generation to still not succeed ...and the all time classic Russia: Our police state is more free than yours! ..the Us Army brings you: Democracy: Operation kill them all , the fantastic conclusion...now also available in box set!