Government Minister in attempt to ban Video Game.... again!

This is why we had a hung parliament, politicians are so massively out of touch with reality these days, plus they love a good old knee-jerk reaction to something they haven't researched properly. They assume that because the Daily Mail agrees, then they're in synch with the opinions of the masses.
 
On Sunday, Dr Fox said that it was "shocking that someone would think it acceptable to recreate the acts of the Taliban against British soldiers".
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to be fair they probably thought the same after WW1 and WW2 yet i didnt see him complaining about BF1942?

at least the tally's dont have the walking stuka, nebelwerfer, bouncing betty or panther tanks eh.
 
Nickg said:
to be fair they probably thought the same after WW1 and WW2 yet i didnt see him complaining about BF1942?

at least the tally's dont have the walking stuka, nebelwerfer, bouncing betty or panther tanks eh.
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To be fair on him, Medal of Honor is a game on a conflict that's still going. WW1 & WW2 was a long time ago and society has moved on from it.

Six Days in Fallujah was cancelled because production started amidst ongoing investigations into war crimes and human rights abuses... the same could happen (albeit to a much lesser extent) with Medal of Honor.

Personally I'm not bothered, but making a game on Afghanistan already? Sheesh, the horse isn't even dead yet and they're beating on it already. There needs to be a Medal of Honor based on the events of Vietnam (a conflict barely touched upon, especially in the urban zones) but it looks like Black Ops pipped them to it.
 
"You kill british soldiers"
No.
"You play as the taliban"
In multiplayer. Unless he's trying to say it would only be authentic if it was Blue U.S Rangers vs Blue U.S Rangers.
 
To be fair on him, Medal of Honor is a game on a conflict that's still going. WW1 & WW2 was a long time ago and society has moved on from it.
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tell that to a landlord in saddleworth who got questioned by the police and asked to remove his german uniform at a 'yanks are back' wartime theme weekend!

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereve...azi_at_wartime_nostalgia_event?all_comments=1

"Jamie Hardie's SS costume included a swastika armband and – although not illegal in Britain – officers warned him that he could be inciting racial tension."

Yikes!
 
KNiVES said:
To be fair on him, Medal of Honor is a game on a conflict that's still going. WW1 & WW2 was a long time ago and society has moved on from it.

Six Days in Fallujah was cancelled because production started amidst ongoing investigations into war crimes and human rights abuses... the same could happen (albeit to a much lesser extent) with Medal of Honor.

Personally I'm not bothered, but making a game on Afghanistan already? Sheesh, the horse isn't even dead yet and they're beating on it already. There needs to be a Medal of Honor based on the events of Vietnam (a conflict barely touched upon, especially in the urban zones) but it looks like Black Ops pipped them to it.
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I agree with this really, us young gamers are not offended by this stuff but other people are,

christ even just making them "middle eastern terrorists" or something takes it just one step back from reality, MW did this and got away with it
 
[ZiiP]carrot;17220477 said:
In multiplayer. Unless he's trying to say it would only be authentic if it was Blue U.S Rangers vs Blue U.S Rangers.
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That IS realistic to be fair.

The sooner its our generation in the positions of power the better.
 
Like the many, I just get annoyed by MP's who think we're kids. I have massive respect for the Armed Forces, they do a job I quite simply could not do. I am also able to understand that this is a game, and while based on a current war/whatever you want to do it, the game is not real.

Shooting those civies in MW2, yer it was a bit....wierd, but it managed to draw you into the story so quickly (and spit you out of the rollercoaster on the other side quite quickly too!)

Just another politician grabbing some headlines, I'll be surprised if any of the retailers listen to him :p
 
KNiVES said:
To be fair on him, Medal of Honor is a game on a conflict that's still going. WW1 & WW2 was a long time ago and society has moved on from it.
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Trouble is, where do you draw the line as to what is deemed long enough?

There are plenty of examples that already exist in the media where you can argue that maybe it's too soon, but it's never stopped them.

9/11 for example.
Less than five years after it happened, there were already three films made purely as entertainment. (World Trade Center, United 93, Flight 93).

The real sticking point is that you are playing the Taliban, who are still killing soliders today. The conflict however started nine years ago, which is quite a long period of time, especially when you compare it to how quickly some of those films I mentioned were made.

As for terrorists?
Well, MW2 last year already went about as far as you could probably go in that aspect and it still got released. The MW series has also always had a terrorist faction to play in Multiplayer. In 'Command & Conquer: Generals' you can play as a terrorist faction much like a better version of the Taliban. It's not like there aren't already other games and films that deal with terrorism, some possibly even glamoring it.

I just think you are always going to upset the memory of somebody... the difference is, how many remaining WW2 survivors play or have ever played a video game that deals with the subject?
 
That fool liam fox is a utter moron. If he is that shocked by a video game depicting combat situations between two sides then what is the point of him being a defense secretary. Has he seen real life combat on the ground? He may aswell be a male nurse in some ward.

He may aswell play counter strike source as there is a sas character and just have a heart attack. I certainly see no uk players having any problem playing as 'terrorist' and shooting the sas character. It's all about having a balance otherwise the game has no value.

I wonder if kim jong 2 and north koreans also objected to crysis release or the russians in the case of metal gear solid 2 and 3 ?
 
KNiVES said:
To be fair on him, Medal of Honor is a game on a conflict that's still going. WW1 & WW2 was a long time ago and society has moved on from it.
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Not ok for a video game involving virtual characters, but OK for hollywood to make millions of dollars profit from movies based around the Afghan war? Double standards as far as Im concerned.

Liam Fox and the conservatives promised tax breaks for the UK games industry but a month after getting into power the cancelled that. Now the industry is still struggling as well as a major brain drain problem. The conservatives can take their comments about video games and shove them up their ass.
 
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