It’s Medal of Honor Friday and the BBC are jumping on the scandal bandwagon by asking gamers about the controversial setting.
The general consensus seems to be ‘Meh, it’s a game,’ so the Beeb try and stir up some hatred by standing outside an army base and asking the residents of Colchester for their thoughts.
Happily the views expressed are balanced and thoughtful rather than the “Oh my god ban this game NOW!” comments they were obviously hoping for by filming in the town. Next week the BBC will be sending reporters to ask a field of cows if they are fans of Burger King.
Check out the video by clicking here – worth watching for the second interviewee; he makes me proud to be a gamer.
Source: BBC
lewis815
*slaps all the people at the end for saying that kids will think it’s just a game* IT’S AN 18+ PRODUCT!!
Mike
Very true.
linkavich
once again the point of slack parenting arises hurrah to those wonderful role models
linkavich
i was recently in game and i watched a mum buy her son a 15?18+ title and the moron behind the counter didn’t even bother to say a thing well done to that man
Moakesice
lol, that second gamer is an ideal example of what is known as a “geek”!
bunimomike
Second interviewee – good god! Missing link found.
djdustb
But he made some good points. In online gaming some has to be the goody and someone the baddy, it was the same when I was running around the street playing war with my friends.
Mike
The guy in the hat is clearly a gaming god!
Seriously though, I thought better of the BBC. Clearly trying to stir things but fortunately not getting the responses that they want.
It reminds me of the story that Dermot Murnaghan (sp?) did when he went around asking people about the state of the economy and how everything is pretty much doomed but people gave responses about how things aren’t that bad but he tried to negatively twist everything.
Ah well, it’s what we expect of the media.
3shirts
I agree, I thought this was Mail territory rather than BBC. On the radio this morning the general consensus was, like you say, “It’s just a game” and they resorted to their usual “Critics say” trick that they use ALL THE TIME as some kind of lazy auto-balancing journalism trick. Who are these critics, speak to a representative don’t just make up bullshit under the banner of ‘critics’
cc_star
ridiculous how the media try and make a story out of indiference.
Shows that EA knew what they were doing when setting the game in Afghanistan rather than a made up dusty hellhole of a middle eastern country, the very fact this title has hogged the headlines just like MW2’s No Russian did last year shows that its more about marketing than a desire for ‘realism’
No one’s really talked too much about Black Ops despite everything we’ve seen so far looking like it blows MW2 out the water with a much more solid single player campaign, on top of the quality multiplayer action that millions know and love
bunimomike
The biggest thing I took from this is how grounded the UK general public is (or at least a massive portion of video gamers). It genuinely is JUST A GAME! From films, to TV, to games. Note the age rating (if you’re a parent) and enjoy.
I’m 37 years old and see no reason to watch the Saw films any more. The first one was good, the second one was average. After that I started to question why I’d even want to see such tripe. However, I’d never want a child watching such stuff as it’s always about the “time and a place” for things. There are mature teenagers and there are emotionally vulnerable adults. We just need to be responsible enough to work out what’s good for us.
jikomanzoku
Hear Hear, very succinct sir.
donotfeedthebears1690
The only thing the bbc will do is help EA shift millions of copies of this game. The more they tell people how awful this game is and how we shouldnt play it the more people will want it.
I’am sure EA will send him some flowers or a gift to thank him for all the hard work he went to promoting MOH for them
Grey_Ghost13
Who buys games from HMV anyway?
bunimomike
Staff?
Severn2j
I bought Heavy Rain from HMV. It was a good deal, as long as the price is right, I’ll buy from anywhere. Even Sainsburys.
ThatBoyTim
LOL – usually very expensive!
Liberi Fatali
Me? I bought a few but not much like new games
BIGAL-1992
People of colchester; I thank you for being balanced.