The US Army is hoping to connect with America's youth by getting into esports. As Stars and Stripes reports, the Army is now actively recruiting for the official US Army Esports team which, according to recruiter Ryan Meaux, will not only "represent the Army in competitive gaming," but also "help the Army address the growing disconnect with society." As ArmyTimes reported in September (via Polygon), the Army failed to meet its recruitment target this year by roughly 7,500 soldiers. At the time, deputy assistant secretary Marshall Williams said "we're tossing away some of the old [recruitment] methods" because "that person we're going after today is so completely different." As Meaux said in a Reddit AMA last week, the Army is hoping this esports initiative will appeal to that person and bolster recruitment efforts. "Soldiers have expressed a strong desire to represent the Army in competitive gaming," Meaux said. "They have shown Army leaders how gaming can help us connect to … [Read more...] about The US Army is building an esports team to appeal to young people
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“Like Indiana Jones on acid”
The first thing you need to know is that Overlord is not a Cloverfield movie. Such were the whispers when motes of information first started to drift around the internet, and the scuttlebutt only intensified when the first trailer dropped in July. "No, it’s not a Cloverfield movie, and it never started off as a Cloverfield movie,” says Australian director Julius Avery, on the phone from his home in Queensland, where he’s relaxing after a hectic couple of years. “This is something completely outside of that franchise. I can’t speak for what people think, but maybe because it had the Bad Robot logo on it, and the Cloverfield franchise is really super-cool. Why not think everything is a Cloverfield movie?” Producer J.J. Abrams is even more to the point. Calling from the set of Star Wars 9, semi-shouting to make himself heard over the yells and clatters of the crew, he states, “It was always an original pitch from Billy Ray called … [Read more...] about “Like Indiana Jones on acid”