Play a game. Join the secret service.

The UK secret services are having a personal problem. Yes, James Bond did his work as good as he could, but in the end of the day he is only one man. The overwhelming need for new recruits is forcing the different agencies to advertise in some pretty odd places.

While MI5 decided to advertise on sides of buses and the women magazine the "Cosmopolitan", the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) picked a more unconventional yet popular media with his target audience - video games.

Starting next month, the GCHQ recruitment ad will feature on a number of action games including Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars and Need for Speed Carbon. Huge boards will call out all gamers to join the GCHQ ranks. The people from the agency hope that the action in said games will help deliver the massage to the teenagers.

A speaker from the organization said that the requirements for new recruits in the GCHQ are "Understanding in computers, adaptability with technology and quick thinking", traits that are common among the gamers. The agency promises to monitor the effectiveness of this campaign.

Kost.