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UK Intelligence Courts Gamers

Service embeds recruiting ads in video games

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 18, 2007 6:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – British Intelligence is hoping to court a new generation of tech-savvy recruits by inserting employment ads into games such as "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell," the AP reports. Billboards in the game and others participating in the campaign will read "Careers in British... Read full story »

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