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> Also, recall "Americans army" was being ostensibly used as a recruiting/psyche-molding tool... IIRC, "America's Army" was initially created as an internal tr

by ufmace 9y ago

> Also, recall "Americans army" was being ostensibly used as a recruiting/psyche-molding tool... IIRC, "America's Army" was initially created as an internal training tool for the Army. Then the Army decided to have the creator adjust it a bit and publish it as a video game, sort of as a recruiting tool. As far as adjustments, apparently the video game audience doesn't really like waiting 2 minutes for a smoke grenade to actually produce a huge cloud of smoke.

ehnto 9y ago
It is definitely a recruiting tool, rather than 'sort of' one. Just check out the website for the game today (and through the wayback machine if you will) It can be difficult to tell apart the content talking about the game and the content talking about joining the army, but it is often explicitly about joining the real army.