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UPS Turns to Video Games for Training
Troubled that its trainees were flunking out at a rate of 30 percent, United Parcel Service turned to video game simulations to train rookies how to spot sales leads and not drive over little kids. The Wall Street Journal looked at UPS’ training methods, conducted at a facility outside Washington, that drill driver cadets on…
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Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Celebrates 200,000-Year Anniversary
Via Twitter, Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling just mentioned that Modern Warfare 2 gamers have logged more than 1.75 billion hours in the game, just on Xbox Live. That’s nearly 200,000 years. Other fun equivalences on the jump. Two Hundred Thousand Years is Equal To: • The combined lifespan of everyone living in Hettinger Co., North…
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It’s Spain vs. Italy When World Cup Demo Releases Tomorrow
EA Sports tucked news of tomorrow’s global release of its FIFA World Cup 2010 demo inside some marketing copy about the game’s soundtrack, which no one cares about. Talk about burying the lede. The demo matches Italy and Spain, who last met with big money on the table in the quarterfinals of the 2008 UEFA…
By Owen Good
