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Turn Your New Opteron Into A One-Game Console
An anonymous reader writes "A new 64-bit Linux CD can instantly turn an AMD Opteron-equipped PC into the ultimate gaming console, according to Super Computer Inc. (SCI). The company has created a distribution of the popular America's Army multi-player strategy game on a bootable Linux CD, that it says was developed in partnership with AMD, nVidia, and the US Army."
Oh? Kind of how Gentoo Games [ www.gentoogames.com ] has done sucessfully for months now? Yea.
by the fact that your tax dollars (if you live in the US) are going to create a game which simulates basic training? it's one thing if a private company wants to do it, but don't do it with my money! the basic training exercises were specifically designed to desensitize soldiers' human instinct not to kill people after studies post-WWII found that many soldiers never fired their weapons. it's one thing if a private company wants to do it, but i don't want to pay to train kids to kill. how long before we have another columbine-type scenario where the kids have learned team combat tactics from playing these kinds of games and are far more successful?
First of all: You're an idiot. Now that that is out of the way, allow me to explain why. This game cost less to develop than 1 super bowl commercial costs *to air*. Ever seen recruitment posters, recruitment ads, etc? Those cost far more than this game did. Basic training is designed to mold an individual into part of a unit, and to follow orders instantly and without question. If you don't want to pay to train kids to kill, stop supporting your local police department, because they DAMN sure get trained to kill. Don't expect to have an army to protect your country, because armies are trained to kill (although not desensitized to it, as you claim). Taking a tactical army game and attempting to state that it will train coordinated squads of killers is retarded. 'The Art of War' could teach them far more effective strategy. It's not very likely that any group of high schoolers is going to have access to the equipment that soldiers use, and which is used in the game. Lastly, paintball clubs are many, many times more effective for teaching tactical combat, since you're...actually fighting. Sitting behind a desk using a mouse is NOT going to turn nerds into Rambo. By your logic, playing poker on pogo.com should enable me to beat the casinos in vegas, right? I for one would much rather see the Army putting out games than moronic webcasts of idiot basic trainees...which ain't free either, bud.
http://xkcd.com/386/