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reply posted on 29-3-2012 @ 04:44 AM by biggilo
reply to post by Aim64C


I'm an ARMA 2 player myself, the Reality Mod is definitely worth checking out for it. Truly not so much an FPS as a military simulation.


reply posted on 29-3-2012 @ 06:36 AM by pheonix358
Originally posted by XelNaga
reply to post by yourmaker


highly unlikely...being a gamer myself, ive never wanted to fight in a war after playing any shooter based on war. if anything, it gave me a better idea of the horrors of war.

call of duty: world at war showed me ww2 in a way that hadnt been done since i saw saving private ryan.

battlefield 3 has shown me how incredibly f**ked modern warfare is.

anyone who cant distinguish these games from reality shouldnt be playing video games in the first place. video games arent training simulators. thats a poor argument and from the minds of scared parents and politicians looking for power.

ive never wanted to pummel someone to death after playing mortal kombat. ive never wanted to go on a high speed chase, running over people and flipping cars after playing grand theft auto. and ive never wanted to dawn power armor and fight aliens after playing halo or mass effect.





After playing WOW I would really like to be able to turn into a big cat or a big bear or fly, soaring through the air.

I do get a bit sick of the violence. On the other hand throwing fire balls around is cool. Hmm, stupid military.

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reply posted on 29-3-2012 @ 11:35 AM by DOLCOTT
reply to post by ChachiArcola


Do you mean they can see me rubbing one off after a great game of COD, the nerve of those people. How can I ever feel safe again????


reply posted on 29-3-2012 @ 02:23 PM by DaMod
reply to post by dedpope



Everyone else as I get two sets of dogs with a spas 12 in a game of black ops...

Hopefully they don't see that... I don't want to be shot gunner IRL..
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reply posted on 30-3-2012 @ 04:22 AM by korathin
Originally posted by deckdel

US military wants to hack game consoles


www.newscientist.com
The US navy has just contracted a company called Obscure Technologies to buy up second-hand consoles and develop computer forensic tools for extracting data stored on the hard drives.

The contract, published earlier this week, tasks the company with purchasing consoles from outside the US "in a manner that is likely to result in their containing significant and sensitive information from previous users", then providing tools for extracting information along with any data it finds and a report on the methods used. Obscure Technologies apparently has experience in cracking video game hardwa
(visit the link for the full news article)



My guess is, this is to develop electronic warfare techniques.
Imagine if the Army, Navy or Airforce wanted to buy used cars in order to test artillery rounds. If they wanted to data mine xbox users, they could simply go to xboxlive.com and look up the users score that way. Unless they are after Credit Card numbers, the only thing that would be lost isn't privacy, but a boatload of money the Navy is spending on this.
edit on 30-3-2012 by korathin because: spelled "the" as "they"-fixed



reply posted on 30-3-2012 @ 11:47 AM by John_Rodger_Cornman
reply to post by W3RLIED2


This is madness.

They are hacking old video games consoles. Why? This is crazy.


reply posted on 30-3-2012 @ 11:58 AM by novemberecho
Originally posted by John_Rodger_Cornman
reply to post by W3RLIED2


This is madness.

They are hacking old video games consoles. Why? This is crazy.


they want the superior high tech advanced technology of the Atari and Super Nintendo systems!!!!...
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