How Plants vs. Zombies Could Save The Military-Industrial Complex

[John Funk]

How Plants vs. Zombies Could Save The Military-Industrial Complex

If you want to protect sensitive military secrets, start by keeping zombies off your lawn.

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[Icecoldcynic]

What? Is that the whole news post?

EDIT: To avoid confusion it should be noted when I commented, only the first sentence was actually in the post.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

What? Is that the whole news post?

What more are you after?

I think it's a great analogy. They should use it in movies where the heroic hacker has to break into secret files with waves of "Cyber-Zombies".

 

[cerebus23]

pvz will take over the world it seems if the defense department is using it. maybe we can get the taliban to play it instead of moh or cod.

 

[Daemascus]

I cant beleive PVZ and the sercurity of the US military are related.

 

[Credge]

In before people stating that they won't support Popcap because of this.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

Wow. Ummm...I don't know if this is weird or anything, but I just came from reading the Critical Miss comic and then to this one and I read "Rick Doten" as "Rotten Dick". Yeah...Amazing what the mind does.

And this is...very interesting. I don't know if I like the comparison, but its definitely interesting to hear it put this way.

 

[Psychemaster]

You know what? I like this. Taking a well-known idea (the gameplay mechanic of Plants vs. Zombies) and applying it to a field that very few people would normally understand (network security) is a great thing, generally furthering public knowledge of a given subject.

It also really makes me want to play Plants vs. Zombies.

 

[soilent]

They're just mad that they didnt come up with Potato Landmines first..

 

[Exterminas]

Great analogy, right on the money as far as I know about data-security.

 

[Bloodstain]

I kind of hoped they would realise certain PvsZ weapons...
(and I've been ninja'd, mmh)

Still, sounds like a good idea. Anything using PvsZ is a good idea. Always.

 

[DTWolfwood]

There goes all forms of productivity if the DOD get their hands on PVZ XD

 

[John Funk]

Yeah, Doten. Because bombs and advanced weapons are "cool".

On a lighter note, let's see the detractors say games are worthless after hearing about this!

A lot of people think they are, yes.

 

[Cadapalo]

You guys are missing the big picture. Its obvious what the military is doing. They are secretly trying to build a plant army for covert missions because after all who could suspect a cherry to be harmful.

 

[Heart of Darkness]

Wow. Ummm...I don't know if this is weird or anything, but I just came from reading the Critical Miss comic and then to this one and I read "Rick Doten" as "Rotten Dick". Yeah...Amazing what the mind does.

And this is...very interesting. I don't know if I like the comparison, but its definitely interesting to hear it put this way.

I thought the exact same thing, but I didn't read CM yet. I also saw it as Dick Roten...

OT: And this is actually really cool. It seems like a great analogy, but I kinda have to take it at face value. Hopefully this guy knows what he's talking about and, since he works at Lockheed, I assume he does.

 

[Oliver Pink]

Hyuk hyuk hyuk.... reading this article put a smile on my face after a LAME day.