EA’s new Medal of Honor game doesn’t come out until October 12 but it has already been banned by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service and at several GameStop locations. Why? The Taliban are playable in multiplayer mode.
Amanda Taggard, EA’s senior PR manager, told AOL News, “Most of us having been doing this since we were 7 -- 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.”
The official statement from EA Games’ President, Frank Gibeau: “At EA we passionately believe games are an artform, and I don't know why films and books set in Afghanistan don't get flack, yet [games] do. Whether it's Red Badge of Courage or The Hurt Locker, the media of its time can be a platform for the people who wish to tell their stories.”
Playing as the Taliban on a video game doesn’t make you a real life terrorist, just like an actor in a movie doesn’t become the character they portray. Get over it people – it’s just a game.
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