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www.pantagraph.com The Pantagraph Wednesday, October 8, 2003 C7. Military recruits 'top gun' makers of video games 4 V. XT I SI tW7 ing at things," Macedonia said. "Learning how to shoot your weapon is easy. The challenging thing is leading." The game the Institute for Creative Technologies has been working on with the CIA for about a year at a cost of sev-' eral million dollars will let agency analysts assume the role of terror cell leaders, cell members and operatives.

"Our analysts would be ac- customed to looking at the world from the perspective of the terrorists we are chasing, and learn to expect the unex-' pected," CIA spokesman Mark Mansfield said. Training aside, video games are increasingly viewed by top brass as a way to get teenagers interested in enlisting. Games such as "America's Army," developed and pub- lished by the Army, and "Guard Force," which the Army Na-1 tional Guard developed with Alexandria, Rival Interactive, can be downloaded or picked up at recruitment of- fices. "America's Army" has been a hit online since its July 2002 re -lease, attaining some 1.5 mil-' lion registered users who en dure a basic training regiment complete with barbed-wire obstacle courses and target practice. "Guard Force" has been less successful.

Released last year, it features bland synth-rock music that blares in the background. Be- tween video commercials touting the thrills of enlisting in the Army National Guard, gamers pluck flood victims from, rooftops or defend a snowy base. In the training mission, gamers deploy helicopters, even tanks, to rescue skiers trapped in an avalanche. ASSOCIATED PRESS Hunched with his troops in a dusty, wind swept courtyard, the squad leader signals the soldiers to line up against a wall. Clasping automatic weapons, they inch single-file toward a sandy road lined with swaying palm trees.

The squad leader orders a point man to peer around the corner, his quick glance revealing several foes lying in wait behind a smoldering car. A few hand signals, a quick flash of gunfire, and it's over. The enemy is defeated, but no blood is spilled, no bullet casings spent: All the action is in an upcoming Xbox-based training simulator for the military called "Full Spectrum Warrior." Increasingly, the Pentagon is' joining forces with the video games industry to train and recruit soldiers. The Army considers such simulators vital for recruits who've been weaned on shoot-'em- up games. Even the Central Intelligence Agency is developing a role-playing computer simulation to train analysts.

"We know that most of our soldiers know how to use a game pad," said Michael Macedonia, chief scientist at the Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation in Orlando, Fla. "Every kid figures out the controls pretty fast." For years, the U.S. armed forces have used big, sophisticated simulators with hydraulics, wall-sized video screens and realistic cockpits. But such gear costs millions of dollars far too pricey even by military standards to be widely available. And that's why video games make sense.

"Full Spectrum Warrior" was created through the Insti- t. w. I- Associated Press This screen shot of "Full Spectrum Warrior" provided by THQ Inc. shows a wind-swept courtyard with the squad leader signaling his troops. It plays and looks like a game, but it's really a tool the Army considers vital for a generation of soldiers weaned on shoot-'em-up games such as "Contra" and "Metal Gear Solid." work to Los Angeles-based Pandemic Studios.

The institute's other training program, "Full Spectrum Command," was released for military use in February That game, for the PC, is geared toward light infantry tute for Creative Technologies in Marina Del Ray, a $45 million endeavor formed by the Army five years ago to connect academics with local entertainment and video game industries. The institute subcontracted game development company commanders who lead about 120 people. Set in eastern Europe, it tests organization, decision-making and the ability to recognize threats in a peacekeeping setting. With "Full Spectrum Warrior," currently in testing at Fort Benning, squad leaders learn how to command nine soldiers in complex, confusing urban warfare scenarios. The game is not about sprinting, Rambo-like, through alleys with guns blazing.

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