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U.S. Army Reopens Virtual Shooting Game at Summerfest After Human Targets Replaced Save Email Print
Posted: 4:13 AM Jul 3, 2008
Last Updated: 4:13 AM Jul 3, 2008
Reporter: Associated Press
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A U.S. Army simulation game at Summerfest returned after it was modified so players shoot at still targets instead of virtual human beings.

The decision to reopen "America's Army" was announced yesterday.

The simulation was part of the Army's Summerfest exhibit before it was suspended Tuesday following a number of complaints.

Under the combat scenario initially presented, fest-goers as young as 13 could hop into a Humvee simulator and fire machine guns at near life-size human likenesses on a computer screen.

The new game features non-human, stationary target images.

Spokeswoman Pat Grobschmidt says the Summerfest exhibit demonstrates Army leadership, values and teamwork.

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Posted by: Roy Location: Waukesha on Jul 3, 2008 at 05:39 AM
They should have left the "game" the way it was. Summerfest was influenced by a bunch of pacifists.

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