Gaming just got a big credibility boost

the miltiary has already been training soldiers with army games. RTS games are also good...they help you develop certain strategies. <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

Yea, but computers are a bit different to real life. You get it wrong in a computer game, you can just try again, but in real life, if you die... your dead... Although that is one of the typical arguments for adaptive AIs...

Wolfy, the US military used simulators for training, predominantly. They didn´t use games as we would see them. Remember all the ones sold to the public with a big, fat &quot;Used for training in US Army&quot; sticker somewhere on the box? They were just shocking.

this may not be as good a boost as you might think. Gaming activists have spent the last few years trying to convince knee**** folk across the world that when some gamer kid freaks out and starts killing people, its because theyre nuts, nut because they play counterstrike. Regardless, some people still think that its all games´ fault and try and ban the filthy things like metal music after columbine. There are folks who maintain that the washington sniper learned his trade from playing with the sniper rifle from halo constantly, whereas anyone who has ever played halo ever will more likely say &quot;no, its just that he WAS a military sniper and WAS in the USMC&quot;. Anyway, after Full Spectrum Warrior, its unsuprising that the US Gov. would use any and all games they could to teach tactics and strategy. I wouldnt be suprised if Battlefield 2 hit their list soon either. -arc

The Army has actually made their own computer game now, with a full version avalible free from http://www.nvidia.com Its looks to be great, but I can´t get the install exe to work without crashing my computer.

RTS really don´t involve much strategy (except conserving troops). An all out charge with ridiculous amount of troops will demolish anything. http://www.americasarmy.com US military´s FPS, and (surprisingly) it´s quite good...for a free download. Training sucks though, MP is where it´s at <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Before ANYBODY asks.... I had my username BEFORE the game even existed. Thank you.

Full Spectrum Warrior is a civillian clone of one of the many simulators for us Army training.

that´s true, TET, so very true.

<font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>An all out charge with ridiculous amount of troops will demolish anything. <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> Like in real life, then? <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>