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Re:Reliably measuring IQ through commercial puzzle games by ryanmarsh on Saturday August 29, 2015 @09:30AM (#10139905)
Was thinking this knowledge could be used as a recruiting tool, then immediately this came to mind...

"Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada..."

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Re:Reliably measuring IQ through commercial puzzle games by reustle on Saturday August 29, 2015 @09:39AM (#10139930)
I don't know if this is what you're referring to, but this is exactly what patio11 is working on now http://www.starfighters.io/
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Re:Reliably measuring IQ through commercial puzzle games by DaCapoo on Saturday August 29, 2015 @09:46AM (#10139953)
He's referring to the (1984) movie "The Last Starfighter", in which an arcade game is used to recruit a fighter pilot.

It's also where patio11 + ptacek got the name for that project.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087597/

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