Toms Hardware piece about AA

[Chef-=Of-God=-]

Your tax dollars at work.

U.S. Army projects cost money, usually lots of money. And if you're a U.S. taxpayer, that's your money.

America's Army, the free to play shooter that is ultimately a recruiting tool for the Army, is funded by tax dollars. GameSpot uncovered through a Freedom of Information Act request just how many dollars the project has commanded over the years.

Note that the original America's Army for PC launched in 2002, but investments and development started in 2000.

America's Army year-by-year budget summary

2000--$3,500,000

2001--$5,600,000

2002--$1,862,985

2003--$2,600,000

2004--$3,866,482

2005--$1,288,552

2006--$4,050,748

2007--$2,788,137

2008--$3,887,450

2009--$3,395,702

In total, that adds up to $32.8 million over the last decade. Do you think that it was money well spent? Why or why not?

Link:www.tomshardware.com/news/america-s-army-military-video-game,9241.html#xtor=RSS-181

Most of the responses to that article are actually pretty intelligent and informed. In fact, most of them are pretty aware of the fact that the money comes out of the Armys recruiting budget, and not the general fund, AND, its a small drop in the bucket compared to other things the government is spending money on.

[Reaper-=Of-God=-(Sam)†]

Dec 11, 2009 3:44:58 GMT -5 Chef-=Of-God=- said:

Your tax dollars at work.

U.S. Army projects cost money, usually lots of money. And if you're a U.S. taxpayer, that's your money.

America's Army, the free to play shooter that is ultimately a recruiting tool for the Army, is funded by tax dollars. GameSpot uncovered through a Freedom of Information Act request just how many dollars the project has commanded over the years.

Note that the original America's Army for PC launched in 2002, but investments and development started in 2000.

America's Army year-by-year budget summary

2000--$3,500,000

2001--$5,600,000

2002--$1,862,985

2003--$2,600,000

2004--$3,866,482

2005--$1,288,552

2006--$4,050,748

2007--$2,788,137

2008--$3,887,450

2009--$3,395,702

In total, that adds up to $32.8 million over the last decade. Do you think that it was money well spent? Why or why not?

Link:www.tomshardware.com/news/america-s-army-military-video-game,9241.html#xtor=RSS-181

Most of the responses to that article are actually pretty intelligent and informed. In fact, most of them are pretty aware of the fact that the money comes out of the Armys recruiting budget, and not the general fund, AND, its a small drop in the bucket compared to other things the government is spending money on.

Come on... Considering how liberal our government is to spend money on any old thing, the funding source for this money, and the amount compared to other expenditures, and I'd say YES, it's one of the best examples of my tax dollars working for good! However, I should invest some of that money into my skill development as I still stink...

Nice find.

Sam