U.S Army Targets Gamers With Recruitment Arcade

[darthzew]

Believe it or not, if you survive the Army will probably change you. These dumb kids who go out there because of a video game are going to be changed forever.

And then, not all of them have to fight. In fact, most soldiers don't. Most of them wind up fixing planes or just sitting out on patrol doing nothing.

 

[stompy]

Quite soon after getting embroiled in Iraq, actually. Well, after Rummy an' his krew figured out that "shock and awe" alone wasn't enough to create a stable successor state there, anyway.

-- Steve

Heh, 'Shock and Awe'... naw, I'm done. Anyways, so they need more troop for Iraq...aren't they pulling out in 2011, or is that a figment of my imagination?

 

[John Stalvern]

Hooray first post!!

You're late.

 

[AdjectiveAnimal]

I don't know what makes me more sad. That the US Army does such blatant propaganda, or that these "Recruitment Arcades" Feature Games like Halo 3 and WoW.

The thought of these Propaganda Centers would be unpleasent enough if the Recruiters would let the Kids Play Games like Operation Flashpoint, America's Army (why isn't that featured in there, anyways?) or the earlier Rainbow Six Titles, but using games like Halo 3??

I think they are just useing Halo to attract more people who then get inticed by VR offerings.

 

[dthree]

I was over there a couple months ago on a busy saturday and I wondered what the "Army experience center" was all about. It was completely empty, btw.

 

[geldonyetich]

Thinning out the spawn of America's baby boomers, one ploy at a time.

Ah, that's a real pessimistic way to look at it. You know, I have to applaud the Army's initiative to try to meet people half way like this. Rather than reinstating the draft, they open up channels in which people can sample army life, and if they like it - hey - the recruiter's sitting over there.