Army Discusses MMO Troop Training Sim

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday April 21, 2004 @08:26PM from the welcome-to-the-grind dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Over at GameSpot, there's an interview with Dr. Michael Macedonia of the U.S. Army about the AWE training sim, a 'massively multiplayer simulation [based on the There 'virtual world' game engine] that will be used by military personnel to train troops in urban situations before they are airlifted to a battle zone.' Macedonia says 'We built downtown Baghdad in this environment', and also says 'we call our games tactical decision aids. Our thing is not making people shoot better; it's making people think better.'" We previously featured an initial announcement of this project in January.

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Re:What can't they simulate? by Trent05 · 2004-04-21 20:55 · Score: 5, Informative

A commander in chief willing to sacrifice American lives for a people who would be better off left to their own devices?

Really!?!?!

Umm, don't let Sean Penn fool you, life under Saddam wasn't too swell.

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Re:Inquiring minds want to know? by Blastercorps · 2004-04-22 00:55 · Score: 3, Informative

The game this is based on has been in open beta for a year now. Follow the second link for a trial.