Army Establishes Internal Games Office

The Army has set up a project office specifically for building and deploying training videogames:

No, the Army isn't about to start handing out copies of Halo 3 to troops, TSJOnline.com notes. “I haven’t seen a game built for the entertainment industry that fills a training gap,” said Col. Jack Millar, director of the service’s Training and Doctrine Command’s (TRADOC) Project Office for Gaming, or TPO Gaming.  Instead, the new office -- part of the Army's Kansas-based National Simulation Center -- will focus on using videogame graphics to make those dull military simulations more realistic, and better-looking. 

Army Sets Up New Office of Videogames [Danger Room]

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