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Been a gamer for a while, but a quiet gamer. In other words I am selective on the games I play. I also love computers. But, due to my military life, I usually have to put those last. But I still enjoy it as much as I can.

How Military Gamers Feel About Home

Posted July 21st, 2011 in News and Articles
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Many of Home’s citizens are active military personnel who serve and defend the United States; yet, at the same time, being gone for long periods of time on deployment does present some challenges to using Home consistently. How do these people feel about Home, what it offers, and how it could perhaps better cater to them?

The Military and Video Games: Separating Fact From Fiction

Posted July 16th, 2011 in News and Articles, Reviews
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SOCOM. Call of Duty. Battlefield. MAG. Medal of Honor. First-person shooter games are more popular today than ever before, and also more photorealistic than they’ve ever been. Yet how do they differ, unintentionally *and* deliberately, from real life?

“Bored” With Home? Try Club Hopping

Posted June 22nd, 2011 in News and Articles
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After the novelty of Home wears off, what keeps us coming back?

The answer: us. The community that we ourselves have created. So explore it.

(Editor’s note: this is an excellent contest entry. Many thanks to cajun4life for contributing it.)