Army sponsored Xbox Live Halo 3 tournament [update]

win the tournament.
get a free trip to Iraq.

Before you enlist in the Army, just remember:

There's no respawn in RL.

I'll pass, e-penis ftl.

yep recruitment is in full effect...I take it standing on college campus and handing out cards doesnt work anymore....all they need is an ASVAB simulator and they got it made

Could this be the least politically astute move ever made by MS? All they need to do is stick headscarves on the grunts...

I saw this special on the Discovery Channel Saturday titled "Rise of the Video Games." It discussed video game development and military uses. Apparently there isn't an FPS around that doesn't have some connection to military training and recruitment intentions. Most of the time the developer or distributer will avoid mentioning it but they are or have received funding from a number of sources tied into training and recruitment but with university or tech company affiliations so you don't notice right away. In fact, I doubt if many of the developers themselves even know the connection. They just make the game and shut their eyes.

Then there's things like America's Army games that are unabashedly recruitment tools. And the presence of the military at all the E3's.

Just owning an Xbox or PS3 is participating in the militarization of society the money and personnel are so deeply entwined. It's not just America either. Nations have been playing something similar to Battlefield with each other for a long time now to test strategy and tactics. Even unfriendly nations.

It's all a game.

pwn Al Queda.


and don't forget to tea bag as well.

Son of a ....... I can't find "Mach" on the calendar anywhere!

thisguy, was this show on right after the report on the faked Apollo moon landing?

Well. Hell, I feel slightly bad, this is totally my bag baby!

Well, not the army brat aspect, and not the "Serve the American Blowhards" but if you close your eyes and just play a great game and take it for all it's worth, it totally works!

I was watching something on Discovery or some thing like that and they have a bomb unit toy that has a 360 controler because they found that was easier to use then the control setup they had.

How cool is that? You really can blow shit up with the X-Box, all you have to do is risk your life for a war that never should have started.

Um, that Halo 3 picture is from my file share. That brown person is me on September 30th. Weird.

Uh oh! The announcement was sent in error. Are you guys going to remove it?

Is their somewere other than this site that states this information

funny thing
at my high school they were advertising a national guard halo 3 tournament
except this was a in person tournament
not through xbox live

how can you guys bash the army? an army is what made this country possible. freedom didnt come without a price.

Sorry, but who has defended the Constitution since it's conception?

Hey you little fags....it's people in the Army (like me) and military in general that have kept you ingrates from goosestepping down main street

You guys tore down the comment because Microsoft asked you to???

Isn't the cat already out of the bag?

and since when does Microsoft get to determine the content of this website?

Unbelieveable. No journalistic integrity here. move along.