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EA shows respect to veterans by humoring them with name change in Medal of Honor.

Sarcastic Gamer's latest editorial is on the name change in Medal of Honor's multiplayer that sees one side being renamed from Taliban to "Opposing Force" as a way to placate political pressure.

From the article: "While the reasons for the families of fallen soldiers’ displeasure are obvious and not the subject of this article, I do want to talk about what is really changing in this first person Muslim murder simulator.

Oh wait, you don’t like that title? Let me change it to “Military Shooter.” There. It’s still the same thing, but I’ve humored you by changing my description.

Satisfied?"

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N4GAddict4972d ago

EA caved under the pressure

ATi_Elite4972d ago

The reason gamers are so upset with EA is...

1. Our gaming experience and fun is being dictated or changed by a bunch of people who obviously were never ever going to play the game anyway.

2. I was closely following the development of6 days in Fallujah and it was turning into one realistic hell of a game.

Then people who never ever buy or play video games started bitching and complaining so now the game may NEVER come out and if it does the realism and game play will be Kiddiefied.

Electronics Arts and Atomic Games are weak and lack the balls to make Art how they and Gamers see fit for the sake of GAMERZ everywhere.

If you don't like it then don't buy it but then don't go ruin it for everyone else like some spoiled brat.

AntoineDcoolette4971d ago

Its okay to play as genocidal and horrendous Nazis, Maoists, Stalinists, or historical khan era Mongols but no you can't play as the Taliban! They're even worse than all of the previous groups mentioned! THEY'RE THE WORST OF THE WORST! THEY'RE PURE EVIL AND A NO NO.

idunnowutimdoing224972d ago

SG, just stop. You guys aren't funny. You clearly try so hard, but the bottom line is that your attempts at humor are pretty pathetic and obnoxious.

GamerSigma4972d ago

What in this post was supposed to be funny?

Lucky14972d ago

That article wasn't an attempt at humor... wow.

xTalibanana4972d ago

Muslim murder simulator?, oh please. If these Muslims don't want to be classed as the enemy then perhaps they should stop stoning women to death, or calling for the west to be destroyed.

Cry me a river.

mrv3214972d ago

Yes because clearly no other nation has ever ever had irational rules...

No racism in America what so ever... no Slavery in Britain at all.
America didn't use a Nuclear bomb on Hiroshima at all

Look I don't agree with the stoning of Woman... and to be total honest I also don't think they want to be bombed constantly from the Air and artillery of which they have little defence... I don't believe the Taliban has any counter to high altitude bombers. Do you? It's not a war it's a mass murder over their... and don't you deny it.

Do I mind they changed the name? No. Am I glad they didn't change it to 'TERRORISTS'? Yes.

Culture is very difficult to force ESPECIALLY WITH BULLETS AND BOMBS. Why didn't we simply throw money at the situation... you know like the cold war? Or was the cold war over an ACTUAL threat and no just oil...

I have nothing but the deepest respect for every man or woman serving in the army, and I hope Medal of Honour pays them the respect they deserve I know I couldn't do what they do.

Longrod_Von_Hugendon4972d ago (Edited 4972d ago )

Yeah your reasoning makes absolutely no sense.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Christians also stone people who violated Gods moral laws? He who is without sin cast the first stone and all that bullshit.

ATi_Elite4972d ago

The Christian Crusades have killed more people than all terrorist acts combined and even some wars.

Funny though nobody ever talks about Christians killing Muslims to prevent the spread of Islam.

Oh my bad Extreme Christians.

ATi_Elite4972d ago

Stoning women to death, yes I agree that's totally wrong.

"calling for the west to be destroyed".

After 20 years of bombing Iraq, what else are they supposed to say.

"Yeh no school today because it's raining TNT"
"Thank you may I have another"
"I think I'll blow myself up before the Americans do"

rezzah4972d ago

They use religion as an excuse to verify their reasons for doing what they do.

Also I hope you dont refer to all muslims in your statement because itll just prove that you're an ignorant dumbass. Their are extremist in everything, and they ruin the name of the rest.

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Prcko4972d ago

i don't care about politics ffs,change back to Talibans,it's nothing wrong with that name -,-

CandyCaptain4972d ago

I can't believe they caved in.....

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai1d 1h ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga16h ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

XiNatsuDragnel22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

ravens5220h ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_16h ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

KwietStorm_BLM15h ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka9m ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz20h ago(Edited 20h ago)

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_15h ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long4d ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz094d ago (Edited 4d ago )

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.

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Remembering Medal Of Honor: The Forgotten Master Of WW2 Games

Ibrahim from eXputer: "The Medal of Honor franchise was once the crown jewel of FPS war games, later defeated by the tides of time and poor development."

banger8822d ago

They tried to turn it into Call of Duty and it killed it off. They should reboot it and go back to it's roots. But they'd ruin it with online-only/multiplayer style bullshit so why bother? I have very fond memories of these games, but this series can stay dead as far as I'm concerned.

FPS_D3TH20d ago

Was literally just thinking of this game the other week with the secret nut cracker mission and the shooting Bismarck dog lmao. Loved these games as a kid

PrecursorOrb20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

I wish they’d remake warfighter

Strictly for the campaign

The_Hooligan20d ago

I have fond memories of playing the Medal of Honor Breakthrough MP Demo. It had two maps and custom servers. Living on campus, I had it downloaded on one of the PC Lab servers so I could access it on any computer at the university. Joined a clan and made friends that I still keep in touch with today.

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