It also sends the wrong message to our troops. To single out one game like Medal of Honor and ban it because we're afraid some real, actual soldiers might play little, fake, virtual made-up Taliban for a night or two is nothing short of ludicrous. The thing is, American troops can take it. We produce Real Housewives of NJ where, in a perfect world, there'd be nothing on television but always-new episodes of the very British Top Gear running on all channels, 24/7. General Casella not think these might have a psychological impact on our troops?Īmerican media can be disturbing. This is a store that stocks Fallout 3 ( awesome game, by the way), that shows all of Washington D.C. And there would be no copies of Medal of Honor stocked in GameStops on base.įirst, have you seen the stuff that is stocked in GameStop?ĭo you know that there are characters running around shopping malls in drag, beheading zombie women and children with double-sided chain saws? This is the same store that stocks Barbie Horse Adventures. There would be no copies of Medal of Honor sent to troops via pre-order. There would be no copies of Medal of Honor in base PXs. Bruce Casella, the guy in charge of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service, and an edict was issued. In any case, the concerns of parents and politicians eventually ganged up on Maj. British Defence Secretary Liam Fox called the game the worst insult he could possibly think of. To block out the war we've been in since the days of the Nintendo GameCube would be to block out a massive chunk of contemporary American history.
We've been at war in Afghanistan for a very long time - the longest of any war America's ever been in - and one of the ways we can help give Americans back home even a small taste of what our troops experience is through modern media, like video games.
One of the things American troops fight for is freedom. Meredith and thank her for her son's service to the country.īut let's be clear here. Ballard, 26, was killed in a 2004 firefight in Iraq.īefore I go on, it's important to pass condolences on to Ms. 14 interview that EA was “disrespectful” for basing a game on an ongoing war. Gold Star mother Karen Meredith told Fox News in an Aug. This is where the whole thing started to go downhill.Īccording to the Air Force Times, this whole mess may have started because of a grieving mom: On the other hand, the multi-player game modes allow players to play as both Americans fragging Taliban and - and here's where the virtual shiite hits the fan* - as Taliban fragging Americans. In the upcoming Medal of Honor, set in Afghanistan, the single-player missions have the player taking on the role of Americans against the Taliban.