Just 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”?
Bilbo_bobbins
pathetic, just pathetic.
Blue Heeler
I’m still going to yell “allah akbar”…
moshi
derka derka
BalramRules
LOLOLOL!
racist!!!
wallllaaahhhh!
Danza Di Fuoco E Ghiaccio
mohammed jihad?
rht992
Mattt damonnnnn
Bilbo_bobbins
Americaaaa, fuck YEAHH !
tonycawley
Haha. This seriously made me laugh. Matt damon. What a great film team america is.
hazelam
yeah, beautiful sex scenes too. :)
moshi
Balls, I like Balls
spooner_22
There is no I in Team America
jikomanzoku
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.
lewis815
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.
mcduff1979
this sorta thing pisses me off… the game is based on real life why cat we call them taliban…
Rocket_345
If people weren’t happy that you could play as the taliban they only had to do one thing. Not buy the game.
bajere
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.
DJ Judas
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’
gideon1451
Controversy sells.
This rings of No Russian.
lewis815
At least they kept that in the game.
gazzagb
Good.
solidsteven
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
sanmartinez
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
BlackWidowShirt
I hate the scum with every fibre of my being, but this is just silly, I bet no one would bat an eyelid if there was a movie with them in.
Danza Di Fuoco E Ghiaccio
but your playing has the “Taliban” in the movies America is killing terrorists
jikomanzoku
Four Lions and Syrianna demonstrate that cinema can deal with these themes in a variety of ways.