From the New York Times:
"'Ender's Game' has had a lot of influence on our thinking," said Michael Macedonia, director of the Army's simulation technology center in Orlando, Fla., which plans to build a virtual Afghanistan that could host hundreds of thousands of networked computers. "The intent is to build a simulation that allows people to play in that world for months or years, participate in different types of roles and see consequences of their decisions."The military has already licensed There's technology for testing in virtual worlds.
Wow, when representatives from the 'Army' start referencing Orson Scott Card, I get these weird shivers.
Posted by: ZYirAH | 04/03/2003 at 10:04 PM
Fascinating. But to bring it closer to Ender's Game, they ought to license Massive's Ground Control 2 engine, which combines first person multiplayer combat with the RTS approach of the ground-breaking (no pun) original.
Posted by: Walter | 04/03/2003 at 11:49 PM
I wrote up some feelings about the OSC reference as well over at Got Game?
Posted by: Andy | 04/04/2003 at 12:51 PM
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