(NY Times) - The Taliban try to kill American troops every day.
That is reality. Can you handle it in a video game?
On Oct. 12 Electronic Arts, one of the world’s biggest game
publishers, is set to release a first-person combat title called
"Medal of Honor" (Amazon:
http://xrl.us/MedalHonor ). Developed
with advice from elite American special forces, the new game is set
during Operation Anaconda, part of the Western war in Afghanistan
that followed the Sept. 11 attacks.
So far, so conventional. But in Medal of Honor’s online multiplayer
mode, in which teams of players battle over the Internet, one side
in each match will be the Americans and the other side will play
the role of Taliban fighters. And that — at least to politicians in
Britain, Canada and New Zealand among others — is a problem...
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