Yasm@programming.dev to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoThe German army is trying to attract recruits at Gamescom, the world’s biggest video game conventionwww.dw.comexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down15
arrow-up1196arrow-down1external-linkThe German army is trying to attract recruits at Gamescom, the world’s biggest video game conventionwww.dw.comYasm@programming.dev to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square41linkfedilink
minus-squareTolstoy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up75arrow-down1·8 days agoDidn’t read the article but just wanted to mention, they always did this for years
minus-squarebbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·8 days agoThe articles first words are “for the past 10 years” and we are all sure its probably longer than that
minus-squaremcforest@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 days agoNot only Gamescom, they are basically on every exhibition in Germany.
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoOk yeah, having admittedly only read the headline, my first thoughts were “this doesn’t seem that unusual”. They’re not the only military to do this kind of recruiting either. Hell, the US army actually made a videogame.
Didn’t read the article but just wanted to mention, they always did this for years
The articles first words are “for the past 10 years” and we are all sure its probably longer than that
Not only Gamescom, they are basically on every exhibition in Germany.
Ok yeah, having admittedly only read the headline, my first thoughts were “this doesn’t seem that unusual”. They’re not the only military to do this kind of recruiting either. Hell, the US army actually made a videogame.
Yep, it’s very standard.