Kotaku
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flight sims
This Flight Sim Needs 120 Graphics Cards Just To Get Off The Ground
Back when they were popular, flight sims needed some pretty hefty hardware to get them running. But I can't remember any of them ever having "120 dedicated graphics cards" under the "required" section on the side of the box. More »
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Comment by Michael Dukakis - Mets fan - Baseball nerd: It still can't run far cry or Crysis. 20 Responses | Other threads
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feature
Making A Game Out Of Today's War
The video game industry was about to get its first major game based on a current military action, only to have publisher Konami pull the plug. What's wrong with releasing a realistic war video game? More »
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By Mike Fahey
Comment by Combichristoffersen: It's obviously better for the kids to shoot aliens in the face than to learn about the horrors of real... 19 Responses | Other threads
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protest
Army Game Protester Did It for the Kids
Last week, GamePolitics brought you the live coverage of a demonstration against the Army Experience Center, a video game recruiting expo in Philadelphia. Seven were arrested. One has now written about it, and why. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Nitro378: It might seem odd for a gamer to agree with her, but I think that selling the Army to kids... 155 Responses | Other threads
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protest
Protest Against Video Game Army Recruiting Ends in Arrests
Yesterday in Philadelphia, a crowd of 100 marched on a mall demanding the shutdown of the "U.S. Army Experience" - a video-game based recruiting station. Seven were arrested forcosplaying Shyguyswearing masks. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Erode: Ugh...idiots. Protest shit all you want but at least have enough backbone to show your face. 67 Responses | Other threads
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military
360 Controller Meets this Sniper
This helicopter-borne robot sniper can fire 7 to 10 aimed shots per minute, and does so using a modified Xbox 360 controller plugged into a laptop. Each trigger squeeze costs $4 (320 Microsoft Points). More »
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By Owen GoodComment by coblenski: I wonder how much the US military was paid by Microsoft for this? Surely with their huge budget they could develop... 18 Responses | Other threads
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military
Royal Air Force Prefers Gamers To Pilots
There's an economic crisis going on, and times are tough all over. Even at Britain's Royal Air Force, which is looking to save a penny or two by replacing some combat pilots with...gamers. More »
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Comment by BritBloke916: Achievement unlocked: heavy civilian casualties. 18 Responses | Other threads
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interview
MicroProse Co-Founder Launches Military MMO Dev
MicroProse co-founder J.W. 'Wild Bill' Stealey is part of the team of industry veterans behind Thriller New Media, a new company dedicated to creating online multiplayer games in the military/spy genre.
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By Mike FaheyComment by Blue Wizard 422: This was a great interview. I liked how his stealth fighter game was released the day the actual stealth fighter... 2 Responses | Other threads
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military
Xbox Helped Drone Pilot Be All He Could Be
A guy went from high school dropout to drone pilot instructor in the Army - not a position most 19-year-old enlisteds hold, by the way - thanks in part to his video game skills. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Fallible.: "this kid, this nineteen-year-old-and, oh, by the way, he's in the Army-is doing more than I am?" And that's the... 43 Responses | Other threads
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australia
Governor-General Visits Afghanistan To Drop Off A Wii
Background info: Australia has a Governor-General. Read up on that here. Anyway, she was in Afghanistan today, paying a surprise visit to Australian troops stationed there. Troops who were bored. More »
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Comment by Brian Crecente: Maybe I'm wrong, but I've always thought of military gamers as bread-and-butter, shooter fans and such when it comes to... 20 Responses | Other threads
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golden tee 2009
Golden Tee Joins the Navy, Ships Out on Supercarrier
Arcade and bar golfing sensation Golden Tee recently made it's way to aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis, thanks to the company behind the game. More »
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Comment by Laho: Anything that makes life at sea less boring is a good thing. But couldn't they just play golf on the... 15 Responses | Other threads
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rainbow six: vegas
U.S. Army Testing Out Recruitment "Arcades"
The U.S. Army wants you, gamers. It's testing a new kind of recruitment center, one the New York Times is calling a "model for recruitment in urban areas," one that smacks of old-school arcades. More »
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Comment by Quote: Sorry to sound like an anti-american, but this makes me feel sick... It literally disgusts me. 63 Responses | Other threads
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Wiiconnaissance
Military Developers Talk Wii Remote-Controlled Robots
CNN has just run an interesting segment on military robots coming in the near future that will be controlled using the Nintendo Wii remote, looking at the pros and cons of Wii-bots. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by zgreenwell: Not accurate enough. Need buttons. 6 Responses | Other threads
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second life
U.S. Army Invades Second Life
You know the United States Army is hard up for recruits when they start poking around in the unicorn-filled virtual world of Linden Labs' Second Life. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Twoflower: Hooray for more Kotaku gross stereotyping all of Second Life, as usual! Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be getting back... 36 Responses | Other threads
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charity
Angels Donate Wiis To Soldiers
Nonprofit group Soldier's Angels is donating Nintendo Wiis to severely wounded veterans. More »
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Comment by balls187: New Onion Headline: "Soldiers Return Wii's, Ask for PS3 Instead." 8 Responses | Other threads
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department of fps
U.S. Army Investing $50 Million in Video Games
The U.S. Army has created a video game training unit that will begin operation in 2010, and has funding for it set aside to the tune of $50 million, reports Stars and Stripes. This isn't for recruiting or marketing, but the training of its soldiers in virtual environments. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Demosthenes: With a debt of America that's so high we can afford our army dropping 50 Mil? 18 Responses | Other threads
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military
UK Military Investigating Smelly Games
You know who likes the smell of victory in the morning? The British Army, that's who - and now the Ministry Of Defence is pumping research pounds into creating a Virtual Battlefield complete with Virtual Smells so soldiers can sample that smell - alongside the bouquet of bullets, the whiff of weaponry and the perfume of the paramilitary - without having to step into harm's way. More » -
military
Do Drone Pilots Feel Combat Stress?
Slate is running a story covering the debate about whether pilots of drone aircraft (which feels rather like playing a video game) suffer the same stress as pilots in actual combat. More » -
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By ogoodComment by GovernorWatts: "The three titles are called Rapid Onset, Sudden Thrust and Vital Passage, which is a Freudian trilogy if I've ever... more » | Other threads
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wii
Scientists Create Wiiimote-Controlled Bomb-Bot
We're already well aware of the various health-related applications for the Nintendo Wii, but what about the military uses? The U.S. military, who were up until recently confirmed Xbox 360 fanboys, are now looking into the possibility of Wiimote-controlled robots. Scientists have created the Packbot, a Wiimote-operated robot armed with a machine gun, to be used in clearing mines and bombs. The military would generally use a standard remote for such purposes, but scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy say the Wiimote is more instinctive, allowing users to focus on date processing rather than which button to press. In my world the device would come with a screen so the soldier operating it could watch his Mii diffusing bombs and tip=toeing around land mines. My world is a much happier place. More » -
war games
Major General Hammond Invokes Pac-Man
U.S. Major General Jeffery Hammond, delivering a press briefing on the progress of the 4th Infantry's efforts in Iraq, revealed the inspiration behind their current strategy for dealing with Al Qaeda operatives and Shiite extremists."I believe they have been degraded, we continue to PacMan, like the video game, away at their efforts, at their different levels," Major General Hammond said.
While it's nice to see a video game reference made by high-ranking military officers, I have to wonder exactly what this means. I get this bizarre mental image of an overhead view of the streets of Baghdad, fruit carts spilling into the streets and the military struggling to pick up the produce for extra points. Are we the ghosts, or are we Pac-Man himself? Are power pellets sanctioned under the Geneva Conventions? With so many questions, one thing remains quite clear - we need to air drop Billy Mitchell into the war zone immediately, hot sauce and all. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Enkur: There's been a lot of exciting news and announcements already, but this is hands-down the best thing I've read today.... more » | Other threads
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military
DARPA's Crusher, Xbox 360 GOTY
This is DARPA's Crusher. This 7-ton unmanned vehicle can drive through almost any terrain you can throw at it. But the most interesting point is its operation. While a hacked iPhone related system diagnostics in real time, a standard Xbox 360 controller is used for raising the antenna, camera control and, yes, even weapon fire. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by Scruffay: @K-Squad! (Badass Edition): alas, kb&m is how the soviets lasted so long. more » | Other threads
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military
Air Force Unveils Plans For Air Force 2.0
Never accuse the USAF of being too far behind the times - they've just unveiled a long term plan to create 'Air Force 2.0,' including social networking (MyBase!), virtual training, and more ways to appeal to those tech savvy kids than you can shake a stick at. The Air Education and Training Command paper details the plan (but no real mention of cost), wrapping up with a look at three of the ways they hope Air Force 2.0 will function: More »
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Comment by Estrelo: All MyBase are belong to US(AF) ...What? Someone had to say it! more » | Other threads
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court
Thompson: Stocking Full of Crazy
It's been a roller coaster ride of a year for embattled Miami attorney Jack Thompson. Being the most maligned person in the gaming industry (besides whoever made the ET game) can't be an easy job. Even now he is fighting to keep his license after a series of behaviors that have left the worlds of gaming and law wondering "What the hell is this guy's problem?" So it should come as no surprise to anyone that ol' JT has decided to stir up some more trouble as a last ditch effort to be the guy with the most outrageous lawsuits of 2007. More » -
military
UK General Praises "Playstation Generation"
General Sir Richard Dannatt told an audience of business leaders that the "Playstation generation" was more than a match for what is required for combat in Afghanistan. More »
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Comment by ceilingFANBOY: @Deflicted: The Deflicted generation will show up 3 hours late and hardly anyone will notice they are there. more » | Other threads
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military
Royal Air Force Games for Recruits
Signing up for the military has never been so easy. The Royal Air Force ran an ad in the "Rock Band" issue of Edge featuring a faux video game called Battle Manager and telling air force potentials to text "BATTLE" and your email address if you're interested in joining. More »
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Comment by Garfey: I for one think it is a good thing, the Forces have a recruiting problem at the moment and the... more » | Other threads
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serious games
Microsoft Announces Simulation Platform
Microsoft has announced a new "visual simulation platform," dubbed ESP, to be released in January 2008. The company imagines the toolkit will be used to create applications for training, learning, modening, military, and aviation.Microsoft ESP enables the innovative use of visual simulation for immersive learning and decision-making, supports PC-based commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software, and enables simulations to be built faster and more cost-effectively.
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game charity
Fun For Our Troops Sends Gaming Relief
While a lot of us are safe at home playing Call of Duty 4 on our game consoles, a sizable portion of the US military is overseas right now living it - but that doesn't mean they aren't gamers. There are tons of video game addicts in the military, and now there's an organization dedicated to getting them their fix. Created by military wife Stephanie Doctor Shea, whose own husband was just redeployed to Iraq, Games For Fun is an organization that plans on raising money to supply our troops with video game goodness. She and partner Dana Blackman Brady believe that the comfort of video games will do our forces a world of good."What they really appreciate over there is the true comforts of home," Blackman Brady said. "The stress relief and the escapism involved in these games, we really think could be beneficial."
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By Mike FaheyComment by 42A Airborne: As a soldier in Iraq, I have quite a problem with all these fricking idiots in the states talking about... more » | Other threads
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bargains
ECA Cuts Military Spending
You read that right, the Entertainment Consumers Association, an organization dedicated to promoting consumer advocacy with concerns to political issues involving gaming, has cut military spending by 25%. Granted the discount only applies to military personnel who wish to join the ECA, and it only comes out to five bucks off the normal fee of $19.99 a year, but hey, it's something! It's all thanks to GamePolitics.com regular and ECA member Robert Kalal, stationed in Turkey with the Air Force, who wanted to promote the association to his fellow servicemen."We're excited to extend our 25 percent Student Discount for annual membership dues to all active service men and women with a valid dot mil domain extension," said Hal Halpin, president of the ECA.
There you go, proud men and women of the military. Getting shelled by enemy artillery doesn't sound so bad now that you've got 25% off ECA membership, now does it? More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Leonaken: You might want to reword that to "Military Discount for ECA Memberships" or something like that. "Cuts Military Spending" made... more » | Other threads
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south korea
South Korean Navy Starting Pro Gaming Team
The South Korean Navy is following in the footsteps of the Korean Air Force and is starting their very own pro gaming team to "develop the talents of pro-gamers in the service." South Korea has compulsory military service, so this is a win-win (I guess ...) move of giving those pro gamers who also have to serve in the military something to do while providing the Navy or Air Force with 'low-cost publicity.' What will they be playing? Starcraft, of course. More »
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Comment by Ravana: @icepick314: Ha, yes they were. It's like watching some of the best B films, but with people that could... more » | Other threads
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Comment by tasadek: LOL! He took a baseball bat to the face, best part by far. more » | Other threads
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Comment by bldj: This is the dumbest thing I've heard in my life. I've been playing D&D for 15 years, served in... more » | Other threads
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iran
Iranian Nuke Game
It's not only in the US that games find inspiration in newspaper headlines. Over in Iran (luv those Kiarostami films), schoolchildren in the Union of Islamic Student Societies designed a computer game that follows an Iranian special forces hero out to save one of the country's best atomic scientists, who was captured by U.S. forces. Recently, Iran's nuclear program has been under UN investigation, but the country insists its research is peaceful. The game will supposedly be out by March 2007. More »
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Comment by Rooster: Escapism? As in escaping harsh reality and immersing yourself in a harsh virtual reality? more » | Other threads
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book
Sun Tzu to Xbox: War and Video Games
Ed Halter's publicist sends word that his new book, Sun Tzu to Xbox: War and Video Games is set to go on sale this week. More »
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Comment by dalziel_86: This book sounds interesting. How about some linkage? more » | Other threads
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socom
Sony's SOCOM Survey
Reader Ryfael sends word that Sony is surveying SOCOM players about a wide range of things from what they like about the game, to what they'd like to see in future iterations to what they think of the military. More » -
korea
Pro Gamers Help Develop Korean Air Force Sims
The Korea Times reports that starting next month, the country's Air Force will recruit pro online gamers as support personnel for the development of war-sim programs. More » -
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