America's Army Video Game v.

America's Army Video Game v. Army hundred years ago, a poster sponsored by the American Army depicted a picture of Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer. The caption read, "I Want You For the U.S. Army." Now, Army recruitment has become far more sophisticated and technologically advanced. Uncle Sam now beckons to new recruits through their favorite medium: the video game. Created in 1999 by Colonel E. Casey Wardynski, America's Army is one of the top PC video games, according to the government's official website.

Five million registered players compete at "virtual soldiering," a game that includes simulation exercises that mimic the real battlefield. "I want you!" has become "The next mission begins with you!" Not much has changed. America's Army mimics the real American Army on two main accounts. As a form of advertising and propaganda, the video game is only one of many tools used to recruit new officers. Therefore, both the actual United States Army and America's Army rely on lures to gain new recruits.

Second, America's Army was designed to be both a way to lure young recruits and as a way to simulate battle experience. The United States Army also uses computerized simulations. Therefore, both the United States Army and America's Army rely on simulations to mimic real life. On the other hand, the United States Army differs from America's Army in a few key ways. First, America's Army will always just be a simulated game; the killing in the United States Army is real, bloody, and painful.

Second, America's Army does not come close to teaching young recruits discipline or teamwork, both of which are essential to survival on the battlefield. Although America's Army and the United States Army share much in common, the video game does not adequately capture the experience of serving in the armed forces. Both the America's Army video game and the United States Army use advertising, propaganda, and clever product placement in order to sell their ideas.

In fact, America's Army is one of the propaganda and advertising tools that the United States Army uses as part of its arsenal of marketing tools. In addition to the video game, the United States army uses brochures, television ads, print ads and radio ads to sell the armed forces to young people. In the same way, America's Army is marketed through a series of advertisements in publications and on multimedia sources. Both the America's Army video game and the United States Army use battle simulation games.

In fact, the America's Army video game is almost entirely based on battle simulations. The United States Army employs more specific simulations games, such as those that are used to operate different types of mobile artillery. However, both the America's Army video and the United States Army need to hire software engineers that can craft intricate battle simulation episodes. Finally, the United States Army teaches its recruits how to identify and kill enemy forces, just as the video game does.

Both the America's Army video game and the United States Army teach its participants how to approach and vanquish the enemy using simulated exercises. The United States Army, however, eventually introduces its recruits to a real battlefield, whereas the America's Army video game does not. Participants in the "SeeMePlayMe" multiplayer online tournament of America's Army do not use real machine guns when they shoot at enemy troops and do not lose any limbs when they are shot in turn.

When people play America's Army, the shoot and kill enemy troops in a virtual world. They don't have to contend with any psychological trauma or long-term effects such as post-traumatic shock disorder, which army veterans often do experience. Finally, playing the America's Army video game does not expose players to any hazardous chemicals, whereas the Untied States Army does expose its troops to a number of toxic substances. America's Army players can play when they want for however long, and don't have to follow anyone's orders except perhaps their parents'.

In fact, one of the main differences between the real world of the United States Army and the virtual world of America's Army is that video game players can be any age; they can be in any physical condition; and they can play from anywhere on Earth as long as they have a computer. On the other hand, people wanting to join the United States Army have to be American citizens. They have to pass rigorous physical and mental exams and undergo exhausting basic training exercises.

Anyone, regardless of physical or mental ability and regardless of the country of their origin or the language that they speak can play the America's Army video game. One of the main differences between the United States Army and America's Army video game is that the latter teaches very few lessons in developing discipline or teamwork. Even in multiplayer mode, the America's Army video game does not teach.