Dave U. Random

(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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Dave U. Random

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Dave U. Random <anonym...@anonymitaet-im-inter.net> wrote:
>
> (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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ABC News

Many service members looking forward to the October release of the
new "Medal of Honor" video game will have to buy it off-base after
most military branches decided not to stock the controversial game,
which includes depictions of violence toward U.S. troops in
Afghanistan.

The Army & Air Force Exchange Service -- joined by the Coast Guard
Community Services Command -- was the first to announce this week
that it would not allow sales of the game, produced by video game
giant Entertainment Arts, or EA, on any of its 181 exchanges in the
United States and abroad, or its online site.

A statement issued by Army & Air Force Exchange Service Commander
Maj. Gen. Bruce Casella said the decision was made "out of respect
to those we serve."

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