U.S. Army gets criticized for new recruiting plan |
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Remember "The Last Starfighter"? The premise for that particular 1984 movie was based on the urban legend that video arcade games were in fact being used by the military to test for suitable recruits. Well, right now, the U.S. Army is currently under fire for bringing that very same urban legend to reality.According to Yahoo! News, anti-recruitment groups are slamming a US Army deal to sponsor a computer war game channel at the Global Gaming League website in June. The centerpiece for the channel will be the five-year-old FPS title America's Army, a game that's based on the army training manual.
The Army aims to use the channel to find potential soldiers among gamers in the cherished recruiting age range of 17 to 24. Playing at the channel will be free, but players who sign up will also have to agree to "additional contact from the Army." Those who oppose the Army's move said that it's "wrong for military recruiters to use technology and pop culture to entice young people to enlist without showing them the ugly sides of service."
Oskar Castro of the "admittedly anti-war" American Friends Service Committee, who said he had played America's Army before, also recounted meeting young gamers inspired to be soldiers by their love of playing the game. "It was really bizarre to actually see that," Castro said. "They had every plan to go into the military and they didn't have a full vision of how the military works."
"If you are going to show what war is like you should show what war is like," said Castro. "You don't have 'game over' and start again. 'Game over' means you come home in a body bag and a casket."
Via Yahoo! News
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Comments [refresh]
a bloody good game, have a bloody winge.
however, if someone is stupid enough to think that AA represents true sceniaros and combat, i think they would be to stpud to hoin the US forces.
not that i care im australian.
I remember AA's game trying to install spyware on my pc during the install so I'm not really too suprised by any of this. Needless to say, I never finished the install. lol
I was just thinking as I read this article;
Jack Thompson goes after GTA and Counterstrike as supposed training programs to turn children into killers... why can't I remember him going after America's Army which actually is, or at least at face value, actually "a game that's based on the army training manual."?
Hmm... I smell a double-standard.