The U.S. Army Has A New Plan To Recruit Gamers
In a burnt-out, four-story shopping mall on the eastern outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, one room blared with the raucous…
How Video Games Help Soldiers Deal With The Horrors Of War
War takes a terrible toll, not just in lives lost but in psyches shattered. Depression in the armed forces is…
He Went To War So He Could Make Video Games
When you're a problem solver like Joe Ricks, nothing stands between you and your dream. For Ricks, the dream was the…
These Army Soldiers Love Commanding Space Marines
I've always gotten the sense that a lot of men and women in the United States Armed Forces enjoy a good game of Call of…
Razer's Combat Knife-Inspired Blade Gaming Laptop Will Be Home For Christmas
With only a few short weeks before Christmas, Razer prepares to take preorders on their dedicated gaming laptop, the…
Suprisingly Competent Blackwater Kinect Title Could Be Its Own Greatest Victim
This week was the first time we heard of publisher 505 Games' Blackwater, an FPS that would cast you in the role of…
Army wants soldiers’ heads to control robots
You thought laptop glare was murder on your eyes? Try sending a fleet of wheeled robots down into the horrors of battle…
This Military Simulator is a Match Made in Heavy Metal Heaven
Brothers Ondrej and Marek Spanel—who spent their childhood in communist Czechoslovakia playing Atari games "bought on…
How to Get Your A-Game On (With Electricity)
Are you desperate to take your videogame performance to the next level—and willing to indulge in some high-risk…
Video Games On The Front Lines
Long hours, hard work, crap weather. Then there's the boredom, the long hours of boredom, followed by the bursts of…
If an alien invasion really happened, we'd be dead instantly
In movies humans fight off alien occupation forces, explode alien ships, and mind-control aliens with the power of…
Army Simulator Is Short On Graphics, Big On Steering Wheel Peripherals
Everybody knows that armed forces around the world train using what are essentially advanced video games, but it's rare…
Enlisted Gamer Criticizes Military Response to Medal Of Honor
Stars and Stripes, the foremost independent publication covering the United States military, examined the Army and Air…
The United States Army Is Testing Fallout PIPBoys
You can call the devices the U.S. Army is testing out at Fort Dix in New Jersey wrist mounted phosphorescent OLED…
Army Vet Insulted By Military's Video Game Sales Ban
It's amazing, even years after getting out of the Army, how much it colors your everyday life.
Red Faction: Afghanistan
A U.S. soldier plays Red Faction: Guerrilla inside his tent at a forward operating base in Dand district of Kandahar…
Army Toughens Training for Generation 'Softened' by Games
The Army is remaking its basic training for the first time in 30 years to cope with a generation that, as the general…
Report: US Army Tried To Buy 360s For Training, Was Turned Down
Back in 2006, the US Army approached Microsoft with a lucrative contract offer: supply a ton of Xbox 360 consoles to…
U.S. Army Trains with "SimCity Bagdad"
Army officers are practicing counterinsurgency strategies for Iraq with using a video game plainly inspired by SimCity.…