Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoTIL the US Government once released its own video game to inform, educate, and recruit prospective soldiers.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square124fedilinkarrow-up1412arrow-down110
arrow-up1402arrow-down1external-linkTIL the US Government once released its own video game to inform, educate, and recruit prospective soldiers.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square124fedilink
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·edit-223 days agoIt was a legitimately good completely free multiplayer FPS game. I was into it for a while ages ago, and it was quite fun. I genuinely doubt it actually inspired a remotely meaningful number of people to actually join the army, though.
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·23 days agoProbably the opposite. Who wants to do a job where you die the first hour on the job?
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·23 days agolol yeah the learning curve was pretty steep, because for a very long time there were no heal mechanics, so if someone winged you decently without outright killing you, you were gonna have serious trouble contributing to the round.
It was a legitimately good completely free multiplayer FPS game. I was into it for a while ages ago, and it was quite fun.
I genuinely doubt it actually inspired a remotely meaningful number of people to actually join the army, though.
Probably the opposite. Who wants to do a job where you die the first hour on the job?
lol yeah the learning curve was pretty steep, because for a very long time there were no heal mechanics, so if someone winged you decently without outright killing you, you were gonna have serious trouble contributing to the round.