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US Army invades the mall with video game recruitment station
lol..
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Army invades the mall with video game recruitment station
Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:29PM EST
Pssst, kid! Wanna play some video games?
That's the latest come-on from the U.S. Army, which continues to refine its approach toward engaging teens and twentysomethings. Having seen amazing success with recruiting thanks to its America's Army home computer game, the military is now taking the pitch to the mall. Specifically, to the Franklin Mills shopping center in Philadelphia, where it has set up 60 gaming PCs, 19 Xbox 360s, plush couches, and "rock music" for potential recruits to enjoy.
There's even a real Humvee that players can shoot from installed as part of a 15-foot-high projected battle simulation and an Apache helicopter simulator that recruits can fly.
Sounds like a killer gaming setup... but of course there's a not-so-ulterior motive at work. It's all part of a plan to get younger kids interested in signing up for service, thinking that shooting terrorists in active combat is all part of a day's work.
Naturally, critics are out in full force, including a former Army staff sargeant, Jesse Hamltion, who accuses the Army of misleading kids with deceptive, unrealistic scenarios. Hamilton notes that recruits are unlikely to see active combat and that "the only way to simulate the heat is holding a blow dryer to your face."
Still, the move of course comes at a good time for the Army, which has struggled to fill its ranks for several years thanks to some overwhelmingly bad press. But with civilian unemployment skyrocketing and the situation in Iraq looking better than it has in ages (particularly with the prospect of troops coming home), the Army's high-tech mall paradise may actually be more than it needs to woo the young and impressionable.
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http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/115379
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| There's even a real Humvee that players can shoot from installed as part of a 15-foot-high projected battle simulation |
With the amount of guys playing soldier on XboxLive, might as well take this approach. I know a guy that signed up for the reserves, after playing first person shooters, and deciding he wanted to shoot real guns. It worked out well for him.
Smart move 
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| Originally posted by Orko With the amount of guys playing soldier on XboxLive, might as well take this approach. I know a guy that signed up for the reserves, after playing first person shooters, and deciding he wanted to shoot real guns. It worked out well for him. Smart move |
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| Originally posted by chinamon a pathetic country. |
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| Originally posted by chinamon ...until he gets himself killed fighting for a pathetic country. |
Ridiculous
edit: fail on linking pics
When I was a kid, I always dreamed of being recruited to fight in space to defend "the Frontier" from "Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada", after beating the ultimate high score on video games.
I was inspired by this movie, where the US Army prolly got their idea from.
^^^ classic movie
long live vector graphics!
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| Originally posted by Orko With the amount of guys playing soldier on XboxLive, might as well take this approach. I know a guy that signed up for the reserves, after playing first person shooters, and deciding he wanted to shoot real guns. It worked out well for him. Smart move |
Scary.
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| Originally posted by thesauce23 lol..riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL ^^^ classic movie long live vector graphics! |
i remember a few years ago the US army gave out a free online game. It was very well done and as real as they could get it *For some reason i want to join the army and I dont know why*
yvan eht noij!
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| Originally posted by Yohan yvan eht noij! |
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| Originally posted by Abercrombie Niiiiice... but those weren't vector graphics. Those were sprite graphics. Let this 252 old dude tell you this is vector graphics; |
There was actually a study done (don't remember by who) but it did show that there was a positive correlation between individuals who played a lot of FPS video games and being a good shooter in terms of accuracy and strategy.
That was one of the reasons why the Army created the free FPS game a few years ago. I remember playing it. Wasn't bad at all!
No CS...but decent for the price.
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| Originally posted by exstasie There was actually a study done (don't remember by who) but it did show that there was a positive correlation between individuals who played a lot of FPS video games and being a good shooter in terms of accuracy and strategy. |
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That was one of the reasons why the Army created the free FPS game a few years ago. I remember playing it. Wasn't bad at all! No CS...but decent for the price. |
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| Originally posted by Yohan I disagree. Mouse clicking is way different than shooting a real rifle. |
All it takes is an hour in some simulator and these kids are hooked... It's a downright wrong way to recruit teenagers in my opinion, they don't know better. If they are fighting for their county they shouldn't need convincing with some fancy ass video games. Using simulators to train is one thing, but using them to recruit is another.
anyways here's a vid... almost makes me wanna join the army 
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| Originally posted by Anas Attia All it takes is an hour in some simulator and these kids are hooked... It's a downright wrong way to recruit teenagers in my opinion, they don't know better. If they are fighting for their county they shouldn't need convincing with some fancy ass video games. Using simulators to train is one thing, but using them to recruit is another. |
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| Originally posted by Vivid Boy |
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| Originally posted by Yohan would you have a problem if some other company or govt department used video games as a recruiting tool? |
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