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Army Opens New Office of Videogames

Posted by samzenpus on from the johnny-get-your-joystick dept.

An anonymous reader writes "For the first time, the Army has set up a project office, just for building videogames. The military has been training troops with games for decades, of course. But this is the first wing of the armed forces dedicated exclusively for gaming. One of the first projects: a tool kit that would let soldiers "build and customize their own training scenarios — just like the Marines' did, adapting Armed Assault for military purposes."

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  1. Re:Makes sense. by VirusEqualsVeryYes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't want to toss flamebait, but are we talking games or politics here?

  2. Re:Bad news by Yez70 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The government already has the right to use any tech, copyright or patent freely for the national defense. They don't have to ask.

  3. Re:Makes sense. by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't want to toss flamebait, but are we talking games or politics here?
    Many of us are capable of discussing both.

    How exactly do you discuss a video game made by the US Military without mentioning the political considerations? I suppose we could only closely examine the framerates on various quad-core systems but that would require us to ignore some pretty important stuff.

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