Medal of Honor Tali-banned
Hurrah for knee-jerk reactions!
Published: 15:15, 01/10/2010 by Peter [Colossalblue].
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79Just take a moment to get over the terrible pun in the headline. There, all better? I’m sorry, it’s a Friday afternoon and I haven’t had nearly enough coffee yet.
The gist of this story is, as you may have guessed, that EA have removed all mention of the Afghan extremist movement from the multiplayer element of their imminent first person shooter. Apparently the Taliban aren’t in Medal of Honor multiplayer at all. You’re now playing as the heroic Spec-Ops adventurers against a nefarious, over-zealous, extremist bunch of terrorists who go by the name of “Opposing Force”. Snappy.
As far as we’re aware they’re still allowed to be the enemy troops in the single player campaign. So it’s okay to shoot hundreds of them, just don’t pretend to be one.
Personally, I think it was all a storm in a teacup but obviously EA have felt enough of a backlash that they feel the need to polish out any mention of the Taliban. What next, WWII games fought against “The Naughties”?
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01/10/2010 at 15:17
Member since: Jun 2009
pathetic, just pathetic.
01/10/2010 at 15:24
Member since: Jan 2009
I’m still going to yell “allah akbar”…
01/10/2010 at 15:34
Member since: Jun 2009
derka derka
02/10/2010 at 16:47
Member since: Jun 2009
LOLOLOL!
racist!!!
wallllaaahhhh!
01/10/2010 at 15:41
Member since: Aug 2009
mohammed jihad?
01/10/2010 at 16:46
Member since: Apr 2009
Mattt damonnnnn
01/10/2010 at 17:00
Member since: Jun 2009
Americaaaa, fuck YEAHH !
01/10/2010 at 17:04
Member since: Feb 2009
Haha. This seriously made me laugh. Matt damon. What a great film team america is.
01/10/2010 at 17:28
Member since: Feb 2009
yeah, beautiful sex scenes too. :)
01/10/2010 at 18:05
Member since: Jun 2009
Balls, I like Balls
02/10/2010 at 15:59
Member since: May 2009
There is no I in Team America
02/10/2010 at 13:22
Member since: Jan 2010
Yeah, follow the logic of this decision to it’s ultimate conculsion and all violent video games should feature nothing more than abstract shapes shooting each other.
01/10/2010 at 15:18
Member since: Mar 2009
That’s insane :S If anything, that sort of reaction from a developer/publisher is exactly the kind of thing that would make me decide NOT to buy the game. As odd as that may sound.
01/10/2010 at 15:19
Member since: Jun 2009
this sorta thing pisses me off… the game is based on real life why cat we call them taliban…
01/10/2010 at 15:21
Member since: May 2010
If people weren’t happy that you could play as the taliban they only had to do one thing. Not buy the game.
01/10/2010 at 15:43
Member since: Aug 2008
its just because its a current war people feel uneasy. for me, if the game is based on real life, then it should be a playable army. im sure its not going to matter what you call the team as everyone starts running and gunning.
01/10/2010 at 15:21
Member since: Aug 2008
I used that pun when the story first emerged, ’tis an awesome one!
shame they’ve been removed though, was looking forward to using ‘Talibowned’
01/10/2010 at 15:22
Member since: Nov 2009
Controversy sells.
This rings of No Russian.
01/10/2010 at 15:30
Member since: Mar 2009
At least they kept that in the game.
01/10/2010 at 15:25
Member since: Feb 2009
Good.
01/10/2010 at 15:33
Member since: May 2010
so let me get this straight there will no british troops or taliban in the game why don’t they call a american game where america always wins lol
01/10/2010 at 15:35
Member since: Jun 2009
What next, WWII games fought against “The Naughties”?
That’s the best way to close an article like this one. Can’t stop laughing now
01/10/2010 at 15:36
Member since: Apr 2010
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01/10/2010 at 15:43
Member since: Aug 2009
but your playing has the “Taliban” in the movies America is killing terrorists
02/10/2010 at 13:26
Member since: Jan 2010
Four Lions and Syrianna demonstrate that cinema can deal with these themes in a variety of ways.