EA's latest Medal of Honour offering is stirring up a hornets nest thanks to their decision to allow players to fight for the Taliban in multiplayer mode. This one might have crept under the radar had it not been picked up by Fox network, who then interviewed a mother who's son was killed in the current Afghanistan conflict, and then made a big news story of it. This isn't the first time that a video game has caused controversy (think Grand Theft Auto) and it certainly isn't the only game that deals with wars and conflicts around the world.
EA's response was that kids have been playing good guy/bad guy throughout history and this is just a virtual expansion of that: EA PR representative Amanda Taggart told AOL News "Most of us having been doing this since we were seven. If someone's the cop, someone's gotta be the robber, someone's gotta be the pirate and someone's gotta be the alien. "In 'Medal of Honor' multiplayer, someone's gotta be the Taliban."
Is it good? Is it bad? At the end of the day the gamers are more interested in how well the game plays. Game sales will be the final verdict.
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