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Razer’s Combat Knife-Inspired Blade Gaming Laptop Will Be Home For Christmas

4:40AM December 8, 2011 | Mike Fahey

With only a few short weeks before Christmas, Razer prepares to take preorders on their dedicated gaming laptop, the Razer Blade. Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan explains what’s changed since the “world’s first true gaming laptop” was revealed in August, and talks about the Army origins of the laptop’s sleek and sexy design. More »

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Suprisingly Competent Blackwater Kinect Title Could Be It’s Own Greatest Victim

8:40AM June 9, 2011 | Drew Cohen

This week was the first time we heard of publisher 505 Games’ Blackwater, an FPS that would cast you in the role of Blackwater Worldwide mercenaries. More »

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Army Wants Soldiers’ Heads To Control Robots

12:40AM May 16, 2011 | Spencer Ackerman - Danger Room

You thought laptop glare was murder on your eyes? Try sending a fleet of wheeled robots down into the horrors of battle using nothing but your icy stare. More »

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This Military Simulator Is A Match Made In Heavy Metal Heaven00

11:00AM May 3, 2011 | Drew Cohen

Brothers Ondrej and Marek Spanel – who spent their childhood in communist Czechoslovakia playing Atari games “bought on the black market” – are the surprising originators behind a military-training game employed by the governments of at least five major nations. Among the brothers’ sources of inspiration: heavy metal music. More »

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How To Get Your A-Game On (With Electricity)

8:20AM April 16, 2011 | Drew Cohen

Are you desperate to take your video game performance to the next level – and willing to indulge in some high-risk behavior? Hint: you’ll need a 9-volt battery and a wet sponge! More »

In Real Life

Video Games On The Front Lines

6:00AM February 13, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Long hours, hard work, crap weather. Then there’s the boredom, the long hours of boredom, followed by the bursts of heart-pounding adrenaline. This is war. More »

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If An Alien Invasion Really Happened, We’d Be Dead Instantly

9:47AM December 28, 2010 | Esther Inglis-Arkell

In movies humans fight off alien occupation forces, explode alien ships, and mind-control aliens with the power of love. How on earth can we think that would happen? More »

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Army Sim Is Short On Graphics, Big On Steering Wheel Peripherals

7:30PM November 1, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Everybody knows that armed forces around the world train using what are essentially advanced video games, but it’s rare we actually get to see one in action up-close like this. More »

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Enlisted Gamer Criticizes Military Response To Medal Of Honor

9:30AM October 10, 2010 | Owen Good

Stars and Stripes, the foremost independent publication covering the United States military, examined the Army and Air Force’s recent decision to forbid Medal of honour from being sold in their exchanges. One enlisted man blasted the decision as shortsighted. More »

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The United States Army Is Testing Fallout PIPBoys

6:20AM October 9, 2010 | Mike Fahey

You can call the devices the US Army is testing out at Fort Dix in New Jersey wrist-mounted phosphorescent OLED Displays is you want. We’re calling them PIPBoys. More »