They just wanted NCAA Football 2005 and were tired of waitiing.

I thought E3 was to showcase new stuff. The article is talking about America's Army, which has been out for some time. Also some of the pics are people playing Delta Force : Black Hawk Down, and that game has been collecting dust on my desk for almost a year.

I checked the article date, and it's current, so I just don't understand.

Anybody care to guess how many of our tax dollars went into this stunt?

mad_asshatter Who cares? Compared to most government waste at least it was pretty cool. Maybe they had a recruiter on site.

Headline is a little missleading, according to the article nobody seemed to notice. The two women standing next to the "General Lee" in the shorts did get my attention though.

Their shirts saying RIAA diddn't help much

haha, now AA has two articles on fark. I feel and old fashioned forum invasion coming on.

stupid h4x0rs...

every Muslim in attendance collectively crapped their pants.

They must've been there to kill any person that would dare utter the phrase: "Duke Nukem Forever will go Gold this year.:

Was the new GTA there? That's all that really matters...

Damn. I was just at the convention the past two days and left LA last night, so I missed this.

I shot a whole bunch of people to promote my webcomic.

Cool?!? How about stupid/Asinine and a waste of time and money.

No one paid any attention because of Halo 2 and Half life 2... they should have turned up to last years.

Was the new GTA there?


Yes. Been living under a rock?

"Cool?!? How about stupid/Asinine and a waste of time and money. "

kinda like video games?

Those were terrible pics. I hope their "Booth Babes" were better than THAT!

France surrenders

/obvious

gmotor

The "assault" happened wed. morning.
Pics of it at e3 site...

so anything good this year? anything?

navydude: don't call me stupid =\

jokers.. you just described 99 percent of all human endevors! haha

Mission Accomplished?

Total waste of Money. I want to waste my money on beer.

and after the army scared the beejezuz of out everyone, they said "G.O.T.C.H.A.!"

Just so you know, all the money for making and promoting the game comes from the Army's already existing promotions budget. Basically, they didn't spend any new money on this, they're just buy TV ads, etc.

Meh.

1) Pic linked in the article shows them rappelling down a giant "america's army" billboard. I'd have to wonder if anyone was *really* frightened by this. Any other sources, or was Wired just "sexing up" the story?

2) Costs for stuff like this are often justified (and rightly so) as recruiting costs or public relations. Same deal with airshows. The costs are hard to fix, since many of the things they do are done as training anyway -- the only difference is that people are allowed/invited to watch. [Of course, since the article is scant on any details, it's hard to argue pro or con for what went on.]

Target acquired! Go go go!



-Imp

thaks frankmanhog.. :) I was gonna point it out but it seemed obvious...

apparently not for some though /snicker

Of course the redneck southern blood in me clicked the Dukes of Hazzard General Lee link first.

/Atari 2600 gamer for life

You know? I never understood how a person could sit and play these games. I mean, I've got grass to mow, house to keep, 40+ hour job. Where do people find time? I worked with a guy that waited all night at a Wally-mart to buy some new game station thing-a-ma-jig. WTF? He's 31!! Get a freak'n life.

/ducking before shiat hits the fan

ahh, that explains it!
yesterday i saw a father son team that was freightening: the father was middle-aged, over weight, and wearing a tucked in striped shirt with a pda on his belt. his son, appearing to be in highschool, was dressed exactly the same. they were both carrying 'xbox' bags.

DrupyDrawrs

you answered your own question.. of course you don't understand when you call it a 'thing-a-ma-jig' and have no idea what it even is.

its hard to argue for or against something when you don't even know what it is haha. its just something people do for fun.. like camping or skiing. /shrug. not everyone has to like it to make it ok.

You know? I never understood how a person could sit and play these games. I mean, I've got grass to mow, house to keep, 40+ hour job. Where do people find time? I worked with a guy that waited all night at a Wally-mart to buy some new game station thing-a-ma-jig. WTF? He's 31!! Get a freak'n life.

Ummm, what are you doing while you post this? Instead of posting join a game server. There you found the time.

Deeper deeper deeper indeed!

DrupyDrawrs

Grass, house, job... a Jedi cares not about these things.

/back to star wars galaxies

You know? I never understood how a person could sit and play these games. I mean, I've got grass to mow, house to keep, 40+ hour job. Where do people find time?
Kill your television

DrupyDrawrs

I think you just got logic'd! by GregoryD.

wil

Maybe it was in the LA River?

Heh, that's a good one. Like it's really a "river" at all. :)

Actually, DrupyDrawers, it's largely a student/jobless thing- when I was schooling full time a few years back,
I played Redneck Rampage to excess- BUT it was a good "downshift" from studying coding eight or ten
hours a day... Now I have a 40+ job, a boat i'm restoring,
lawns to mow, places to go, people to see, and the ol'
home PC sits largely unused- Found it a job feeding MP3's
into the stereo...

DrupyDrawrs

By not watching whatever (almost) mindless drivel is on the TV, often. Or not going out and partying/getting drunk on weekends. Things you do with your leisure time may be seen as useless or mind-numbingly boring by others.

Not saying you have to be a social outcast to play games or anything, just that people make different choices about what to do with free time :)

wil

I must need to get out more... I don't remember anyone talking about that.

/westside

joker316
In my humble opinion, video games are not a waste of money. I get far more entertainment out of my video game dollar than I get from going to a movie. The waste of money is in the Army pulling this kind of stunt.

I'm gonna go play Farcry now...

Heh. pWnz0r3d!

I saw the choppers yesterday. No soldiers rapelling though. Looked like they were giving people joyrides. The blackhawk was hovering and fools were waving out.

DrupyDrawrs

We find the time by not watching TV.

Here's what I could see