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Well, this is certainly not the first video game or war game where one can play the bad guy. Battlefield 1942 has an option that lets you play as Axis, and so on.

At the same time, most of those games either deal with past historical conflicts, or fictional ones. The war in Afghanistan is as real as it gets, and is at its bloodiest stage in years. I can certainly understand why the military wouldn't want it on base.

1 posted on 09/09/2010 5:54:08 PM PDT by DemforBush
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Btw, someone help me out here...wasn’t there a game a while back that let you play a terrorist, and kill civvies in a Russian airport or something?


2 posted on 09/09/2010 5:56:21 PM PDT by DemforBush (You might think that, *I* could not possibly comment.)
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Too stupid for words.

For those not familiar with first person shooters, let me explain. The single player campaign of MOH is strictly told from the American point of view with players assuming the roles of multiple characters, all of whom play a role in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Multiplayer however REQUIRES that players be divided into teams. Guess what, the good guys need someone to shoot at, so half of the players in a multiplayer game are assigned (for that match) to the enemy team. The other solution would be to have Army Rangers killing each other, but that would just reek of stupidity and PC.


3 posted on 09/09/2010 6:01:21 PM PDT by Melas
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How many soldiers over there were playing the game? If they didn’t have a problem with it, why should I.


5 posted on 09/09/2010 6:06:17 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Military bases across the U.S. have banned the sale of a new video game that lets a player pretend to be a Taliban fighter and "shoot" U.S. troops in Afghanistan...

That's OK, I'm sure Amazon.com will appreciate all the extra business.

10 posted on 09/09/2010 6:43:47 PM PDT by apillar
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As a former active-duty Marine, I THOROUGHLY dislike when "the powers that be" BAN LEGAL items from military bases/PX's or for purchase by military personnel.

Prohibition was pushed by decidedly UN-AMERICAN progressives, and it was WRONG.

"Banning" adult magazines, video games, or WHATEVER LEGAL products from purchase by those that are willing to lay down their lives so that we may be free to make our own free choices in a FREE society is WRONG.

11 posted on 09/09/2010 7:38:07 PM PDT by DocH (Official Right-Wing Extremist Veteran Seal Of Approval)
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