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Medal of Honor Banned on U.S. Military Bases
The FPS genre continues to draw negative attention as far as morality is concerned, particularly in relation to Medal of Honor, a game that’s been rather boastful of its current significance to both American and foreign military soldiers alike. The player will have a chance to kill people in Afghanistan, no doubt, but the ability to play as the Taliban is apparently where many Americans, particularly mothers, draw the line of ethics: “How can they say it’s OK for someone to play the Taliban? You’ll have people sitting at home, drinking beer, shooting at American soldiers, maybe missing, then starting over. Well, Ken didn’t have a chance to start over,” said Karen Meredith on behalf of her son.
You can go here to read more in-depth about some of the controversy and join in on the SpawnKill discussion related to Medal of Honor however, it’s now been confirmed that U.S. service members must leave their base in order to purchase the upcoming Medal of Honor game because it has been banned from being sold at 49 GameStop locations and on all Post Exchanges, both in the US and abroad. Jeff Brown, EA Spokesman, announced that Medal Honor actually pays homage to US soldiers, comparing the Taliban to the robber side of “cops and robbers” and that someone obviously has to be the bad guy. EA President, Frank Gibeau, added “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,” he wrote.
Many have argued that the difference between a war-related video game and a war-related film is that a film has a clear moral or “message,” often something a game like Medal of Honor tends to abandon in it’s simplistic need to entertain. Whether or not films pertaining to foreign policy are a good representation of truth is another tedious question, but do video games have a responsibility to uphold?
The strange part about this is… It’s banned on all military bases except for Marine bases.
That’s interesting. I hadn’t heard that. Still, it’s baffling. Many service men (and women) are angry about it because it’s like they put their lives on the line to fight for freedom (like freedom to decide what games to buy), yet here the gov’t is deciding for them. Lame.
Libs are morons. It must ok to play WW2 shooters, civil war or COD modern shooters. Morons.
I’m not trying to be political, but how would a liberal agenda possibly dictate banning anything anywhere? Banning things is generally the arena of conservatives too afraid to face their own shadow.
You must have never heard of Tipper Gore. Blond hair, husband invented the internet, tree hugger…ring any bells? Liberals are all about this government controll b.s. Im pretty sure I can handle a video game if I can handle actually being there. If not, I wont buy the game, easy fix.
common misconception, conseratives are all about conserving freedoms, liberals (yes this is ironic because of the name lol) are all about government control, this is based on the position of the political spectrum, the coservatives get that reputation because most are religious unfotunately and that plays a huge part in their decision making, if conservatives werent the religious group then they would be pro-choice, while liberals would be against it because they want the government to control more, remember left wing (liberals) has communism, and socialism under it, while right wing (conservatives) has anarchy under it, these are widely known that is why i use them as examples, so im just saying, know what your talking about when you try to say something like this lol, hope i didnt offend anyone, i tried to keep it purely facts minus oppinions, but im human, sorry haha
if that big of a bitch and you want to kill us solider get the game