Ask most producers about lag in online play, regardless of genre, and most will give the regular stock answers – we’ve optimised the online experience… smooth as possible… etc, etc. But living in Australia, online performance is a real concern. More »
The Dubai Police Force is looking for a game developer to help them create a virtual training program for their department, according to a Gamasutra job posting. More »
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. More »
Army officers are practising counterinsurgency strategies for Iraq with using a video game plainly inspired by SimCity. In fact, a frustrated officer unprepared for the fall of Baghdad asked for such a thing by name years ago. More »
What does a one-hundred and fifty-seven year old railroad company like Union Pacific turn to in order to reach out to new, modern-age employees? Why video games, of course.
Well, militaries across the world may soon have a new war game to their arsenal, and it could have a trickle down effect to retail games — British researchers have come up with a game system that incorporates a ‘smell box,’ in an attempt to see if they can make training stick better. In what sounds like an unpleasant experience, various smells are triggered as users ‘take an authentic walk’ around hostile areas. If it’s determined this is making training more useful, it could be rolled out next year and be used in training actual soldiers:
