Friday, September 24, 2004

Info about America's Army

This is from my sister's boy, Chris...a good lad:

"I know for a fact that the US Army has thrown more than $15 million at this and that there is a staff of 300 which continue to work on the game. In the whole scheme of things, the U.S. Military has an annual budget of around 800 Billion Dollars, and a force of 700,000+... thus, this is a drop in the bucket. The Army spends more money on those stupid "Army of One" television commercials. The interesting part of this game, however, is the multiplayer. That is, you log on to the Internet and play vs other people. When you login, you are put on the American side... the problem is, both sides are the "American" side. You see people on the opposite team as your "enemies" even though they see themselves as U.S. Infantry. A real battle of Good Vs. Evil where everyone thinks they are on the "good" side. See any analogies in that? Regarding Hitler, he didn't really need any propoganda to sway the people. If you didn't agree with him, the SS killed you."

scary stuff.

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