Military

In Real Life

How Video Games Helped Treat A Burnt War Veteran

9:00AM February 1, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

Have you ever gotten so immersed in a video game so fully that you lost track of time? You’re climbing the mountains of Skyrim or cruising the universe in Mass Effect, and the next thing you know it’s evening and you haven’t eaten anything in eight hours. More »


In Real Life

The US Wants People To Play Games That Will Improve Its Weapons

5:00AM January 21, 2012 | Stephen Totilo

The military has a problem. Its weapon systems run on computer code that could have up to five bugs per thousand lines of code and it does not think there are enough experts in the US to test their code sufficiently. More »


In Real Life

Study: Video Games Keep Out The Nightmares

5:30PM January 14, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

The Wall Street Journal has news of yet another gaming study, but this one’s pretty darn interesting: Rather than judge video games’ effect on violent behaviour or socialisation, the study looks at whether games can help people escape nightmares. More »


In Real Life

The US Army Has One Of The Prettiest Video Games On The Planet

7:00PM December 22, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Remember back in May, how we showed you that footage from the US military’s new “video game” simulation suite? Well, it’s back. And it looks more amazing than ever. More »


In Real Life

Air Force Cyber Attack Caused By…Mafia Wars?

4:30PM October 13, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Earlier this month, it became known that the US Air Force’s aerial drones had been infected with malware. It didn’t blow them up or anything, but it was embarrassing for the Air Force nonetheless. More »


News

Studio Head Resigns Over Green Berets Misrepresentation

9:03AM October 12, 2011 | Brian Crecente

The head of Pipeworks Studios today resigned from his position, saying he regrets misleading others into thinking that he was a Green Beret. More »


In Real Life

Green Beret Says Military Game Developer Is a Phony, ‘Liar’

9:00PM October 7, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

This is Pipeworks, an Oregon, US-based game studio headed up by Robert Daly. Apparently, Daly’s been saying he was in the Special Forces. Apparently, Daly is a liar. More »


News

Are Drones So Easy To Fly That Even A Journalist Can Do It?

12:40AM July 2, 2011 | Brian Crecente

There’s been much talk lately about the Predator Drone and how using it to take out enemies from a distance is like playing a video game. More »


News

Somewhere Between Predator Drones And Battlefield Have We Lost Sight Of The Horrors Of War?

4:40AM June 30, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Predator drones and other high-tech weaponry are turning war into video games and making the use of military force a more, perhaps too, palatable option, an Al Jazeera op-ed piece argues. More »


News

Libya Is Quickly Becoming A Level From Twisted Metal

4:20AM June 16, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Just this morning we showed you a chopper-rocket-packing truck of the Libyan rebel army. Looks like it wasn’t the only one they’ve got: we found another hybrid missile pod pounder, firing away across flaming war wreckage. The scene is apocalyptically surreal. More »