military
Features
2:00PM David Wildgoose | The debate around Infinity Ward’s decision to include a mission in Modern Warfare 2 where players assume the role of a terrorist group is a discussion we need to have. By pushing video game boundaries in such a deliberate, provocative way, it highlights how immature our medium remains. More »
Monday Musings: War Games
2:00PM David Wildgoose | The debate around Infinity Ward’s decision to include a mission in Modern Warfare 2 where players assume the role of a terrorist group is a discussion we need to have. By pushing video game boundaries in such a deliberate, provocative way, it highlights how immature our medium remains. More » 
Culture
Gamers Not Great At Finding Explosives
3:30PM Owen Good | Soldiers who grew up in the burbs playing video games instead of shooting varmints in the country, or avoiding trouble in a bad neighbourhood, are singled out by Army research as particularly poor at spotting roadside bombs. More »
Culture
Dad’s Tribute: Call Of Duty On Soldier Son’s Grave
10:00AM Owen Good | Touching? Whether a man and his son enjoy kicking a football or playing a video game together, who’s to judge. But there is a helpless irony in seeing Call of Duty left on the grave of a fallen soldier. More »
Culture
Machinima Picks Up Where Six Days In Fallujah Left Off
10:20AM AJ Glasser | Two machinima artists who met at Stanford University’s Play Machinima Law conference a few months ago have tackled what Six Days in Fallujah was/is trying to address with a Call of Duty 4-created “documentary.” More »
Culture
Hey, You Can’t Take A PSP Into A Nuclear Warhead Facility!
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Three security guards at the ominous-sounding National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, have been suspended without pay after it was found they’d brought portable gaming systems to work. More »
Culture
The Air Force Has Video Games Too
6:20AM Mike Fahey | Just like the Army, the U.S. Air Force uses games to help potential recruits connect with their organisation. Just not quite as well. More »
News
This Flight Sim Requires 120 Graphics Cards To Run
4:00PM Luke Plunkett | Back when they were popular, flight sims needed some pretty hefty hardware to get them running. But I can’t remember any of them ever needing 120 dedicated graphics cards just to get off the ground. More »
News
America’s Army 3 Invades Steam
1:40AM Mike Fahey | The third installment of America’s Army is now available for pre-loading on Steam one week ahead of its June 17th release date. More »
Culture
Army Envisions Future With Master Chief-ified Soldiers
4:00AM Owen Good | Or, maybe they’re Mass Effect-ified. But the U.S. Army’s concept for a soldier in the year 2030 definitely looks video game-ified – especially with its strength-enhancing exoskeleton and… combat drugs? Maybe it’s Helghast-ified? More »
Features
7:00AM Mike Fahey | The video game industry was about to get its first major game based on a current military action, only to have publisher Konami pull the plug. What’s wrong with releasing a realistic war video game? More »
Making A Game Out Of Today’s War
7:00AM Mike Fahey | The video game industry was about to get its first major game based on a current military action, only to have publisher Konami pull the plug. What’s wrong with releasing a realistic war video game? More » 
