U.S. Army Puts $50 Mln into Game Unit
In civilian society, debate might still be raging on about whether violence in video games contributes to violent tendencies and actions among children, but the U.S. Army is betting video games can help make a more-prepared soldier: according to Stars & Stripes, the U.S. Army has created its own video game unit, and plans to invest $50 million in it over the next five years to procure and design systems that will help prepare soldiers for combat duty.
According to Lt. Col. Gary Stephens, product manager for air and ground trainers at PEO-STRI (Project Executive Office—Simulation Training and Instrumentation), the Army doesn’t want to compete with commercial gam
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