GAMERS GET ARMY’S NEW DUDS

Soldiers in the field won’t see the next gen­er­a­tion of com­bat uni­forms until 2007, at the ear­li­est. But videogamers can check out the “Future Force Warrior” gear right now, in the lat­est Tom Clancy dig­i­tal adven­ture. Players can strap on the FFW hel­met, with night-​​vision sights, radio anten­nae, and bone-​​conducting micro­phones built in. They can drink out a new-​​fangled, “on-​​the-​​move” hydra­tion sys­tem. And, of course, they can blast away, with the ultra-​​slick M29 rifle — the one with the mounted cam­era, laser tar­get des­ig­na­tor, and grenade launcher built in. There’s no word, yet, on whether gamers will be able to use FFW’s extended, uni­sex zip­per and expanded butt-​​flap, which allow G.I. Janes to tin­kle with­out “lit­er­ally being caught with their pants down,” explains an FFW pro­gram manager.

October 12th, 2004 | Gadgets and Gear, Training and Sims | Comments Off Both comments and pings are currently closed.