Dave U. Random

(The Atlantic) - There was no reason for there to be any
controversy over Medal of Honor. The months-long dispute was over a
feature of the multiplayer part of the game—a shooter set in 2002
Afghanistan—where you could play as the enemy, and therefore the
Taliban. It ended with EA embarrassedly renaming the characters
that are so obviously the Taliban the "opposing force," a move that
was barely even cosmetic.

The game they made, however, contains none of the willingness to
engage with the bitter realities of the war in Afghanistan that the
early controversy suggested. And ultimately, the game tells a story
that despite its best intentions, fails to do the one thing that
would have justified their contemporary context. It fails to
matter...

Continued: http://goo.gl/e4Db

rms

?What I find interesting here is that the article is comparing the game to a
full-on hollywood movie. At least games have progressed that much.

rms