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UK Spy Agency to Recruit Video Gamers

by Tim Stevens on October 19, 2007 at 12:30 PM

Hunting Spies Through In-Game Advertising If you were looking for a spy, where would you start. The baccarat table? A dark alley? A Washington D.C. parking garage? Xbox Live?

That last place probably wouldn't be high on your list, but that's exactly where the British government is starting a recruitment campaign to find potential spies interested in employment. The ads will be embedded into the popular online game 'Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent,' with the hopes of attracting the eye of gamers with an interest in that sort of thing.

By the sounds of it, recruits won't be given new names and shipped abroad, or have their existences denied should they be caught. Rather, British Intelligence is looking to hire people who are "computer-savvy, technologically-able, quick-thinking."

Notice there's no mention of physical ability, overpowering charm, or ability to stomach hard liquor. In other words, they're looking for your typical gamer, so those who accept will be far more likely to find themselves in a computer server room than a villain's secret lair.

Much safer, that.

From AOL Money & Finance (AP)

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Tags: Splinter Cell, SplinterCell, Spying, Ubisoft, Xbox Live, XboxLive

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