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Gaming in the Military

Posted by Zonk on from the gaming-as-relaxant dept.

Thanks to TopherHov who wrote in to mention a story on the Fox News site regarding gamers in the military, and the role that gaming plays for troops in the field. From the article: Games are as ubiquitous at Camp Fallujah and around it as tattoos, buzz cuts and shouts of "Hoorah" from one Marine to another. When the power goes out, a Humvee battery and a pair of alligator clips are all the resourceful gamer needs to resume the digitized fight.

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  1. Hooah! by WaterBreath · · Score: 0, Troll

    I thought it was "hooah", not "hoorah". And I don't think it's exclusive to Marines either. I have a friend in the Army and he brought back a whole slew of such sayings when he came back on leave. Among them were "hooah" and "high speed" (read: "pretty cool").

  2. Guantanamo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Do the special modded versions of America's Army and Counterstrike include cameras and batons so Iraqi prisoners can be tortured and have pictures of their asses taken?
    No of course not! Traitor! Heretic! Terrorist Sympathiser!! The noble magnamamous US Marine Corps would never play deathmatches of Halo 2(Approved US made game where honorable US Masterrace member Master Chief defeats hordes of terrorist religious fanatical aliens with righteous fury) and then go torture islamic terrorists in a dark dirty prison!! NEVER!!

    Games are getting so realistic nowadays!

    Mod me as troll patriots! But remember, I speak the truth! Brainwashed US marines hyped up after boot camp and FPS mayham arn't quite as magnamamous as you've been lead to believe. WAKE UP! YOUR THE BAD GUYS!!