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Ender's Game and military training According to this article in the New York Times, Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is having a major influence on how the military is using computer simulations to train soldiers. " 'Ender's Game' has had a lot of influence on our thinking," said Michael Macedonia, director of the Army's simulation technology center in Orlando, Fla., which plans to build a virtual Afghanistan that could host hundreds of thousands of networked computers. "The intent is to build a simulation that allows people to play in that world for months or years, participate in different types of roles and see consequences of their decisions."Unfortunately, the article also gives away the ending of Ender's Game just one paragraph earlier; while I still think the novel is successful without the surprise, the surprise ending certainly added a great deal of emotional impact to the story. |
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