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Medal of Honor Taliban Controversy Draws National Media Attention
Ben Strauss said:The heavily anticipated first person shooter from Danger Close Games, Medal of Honor, has drawn controversy as it has been revealed that gamers will be allowed to play as the Taliban in multiplayer.
The option to play as the Taliban has drawn criticism from various news groups and specifically the mother of a soldier recently killed during the war. 1LT Ken Ballard was killed as the result of an accidental discharge of a mounted M240B from an M1 Abrams MBT. His death was initially reported as Killed In Action, but that was later changed when Army Criminal Investigation Division ruled the death an accident.
Ballard’s mother, Karen Meredith, has been an outspoken critic of the war ever since. With the new Medal of Honor game allowing gamers to either play as the US Armed Forces or as the Taliban during multiplayer rounds, Mrs. Meredith believes that the game will cause undo stress to those families that have lost loved ones as a result of the war.
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Personally I will not be picking this game up. It's way too soon to be making video games about this, especially if it's still going on.
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