Friday, November 25, 2005

BBC NEWS | Technology | US army cuts teeth on video game

BBC NEWS | Technology | US army cuts teeth on video game: "US army cuts teeth on video game
Clark Boyd
Technology correspondent

Person playing America's Army
Novice players master everything from driving to basic first aid
America's Army is one of the most popular computer games on the planet and like many games, it is a shoot-em-up, get-the-bad guys kind of affair.

But unlike other games, America's Army is truly a product of the US military. The Army first released the game a few years ago as a recruiting tool.

But, at the recent Serious Games Summit in Washington, DC, the Army showed off a new use for its computer game - training soldiers for combat."

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