Premium Episode 163: "America's Army" the Recruitment Videogame (Patreon)

A 2002 First Person Shooter made by the U.S. Army served as a recruitment tool for 20 years. It is now shutting down. Jake explores the post-9/11 environment that gave birth to it and the goals of its creators.

Also features Jake's story "Elden Pillow" (??)

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Episode music by Pontus Berghe. Editing by Corey Klotz.

America's Army at E3 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifAFfCziK_c
"The Potential of America's Army the Video Game as Civilian-Military Public Sphere" by Zhan Li: https://cmsw.mit.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/146381142-Zhan-Li-The-Potential-of-America-s-Army-the-Video-Game-as-Civilian-Military-Public-Sphere.pdf

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