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Tag: military

military
Gallery of the Day

8 Awesome Military Inventions, Past and Present

Military tech is often far ahead of what civilians see and use. For example, the GPS system we all use to find our ...
By CJ Miozzi Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2015
Gallery of the Day

8 Military Heroes From Our Favorite Videogames

To celebrate Veterans Day we give you the short list of some military heroes from our favorite videogames. Jim Raynor, from StarCraft, is ...
By Schuyler J. Dievendorf Legacy AuthorNovember 11, 2013
Critical Intel

We Need Soldiers to Write About Games

Critical Intel turned one-year-old last week, but I didn’t notice. A month ago my dad passed away from an aortic aneurysm. We had ...
By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorOctober 24, 2013
Critical Intel

The Pentagon Goes Hollywood

2012 was the year something fundamentally shifted in the relationship between the military and the media. For nearly a century, the U.S. military ...
By Robert Rath Legacy AuthorFebruary 7, 2013
Featured Articles

Spec Ops: The Line – This Changes Everything

(Warning: this article contains massive Spec Ops: The Line spoilers.) Spec Ops: The Line, more so than any other story told in the ...
By Grant Howitt Legacy AuthorOctober 26, 2012
Featured Articles

Something Other Than Soldier

War is an easy starting point for videogames. In a medium that thrives on neat, clean conflict, the backdrop of nations fighting against ...
By Steve Watts Legacy AuthorMay 29, 2012
Playing a Role

The Regiment

I learned how to be a man in the 75th Ranger Regiment, but I’ve never held a real gun. I’ve had fights with ...
By Nicholas Branch Legacy AuthorJuly 20, 2010
Jim Moreno's "RoleCraft" MMO Column

RoleCraft: Armed Forces Roleplaying

Roleplayers, A-ten-SHUN! All eyes front and center! With this RoleCraft block of instruction, I will attempt to teach your feeble little minds what ...
By Jim H. Moreno Legacy AuthorSeptember 8, 2009
Gamers without Borders

Halo on the High Seas

As a sailor in the U.S. Navy, I’m accustomed to living under the strict authority of my commanding officers. They decide what I ...
By J.D. Levite Legacy AuthorMarch 10, 2009
Reviews

Zero Punctuation: Army of Two

This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee tries to cut down on the gay jokes while reviewing Army of Two. This video player requires ...
By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorApril 2, 2008
StateCraft

The Coward

The measure of a good bar isn’t the depth of the beer selection or the amount of designer fabric and black paint the ...
By Dave Thomas Legacy AuthorSeptember 20, 2005
Gaming Uber Alles

Culture Wargames

We need a Straw Man. Any volunteers? Ah, here we are. Could you repeat that for the crowd, Senator Deanna Demuzio of Illinois? ...
By Kieron Gillen Legacy AuthorJuly 12, 2005
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