GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases 362
donniebaseball23 writes "EA's Medal of Honor reboot doesn't ship until October 12, but it's already seen a fair amount of controversy thanks to the publisher's decision to allow people to play as Taliban in multiplayer. The controversy just got escalated another notch, reports IndustryGamers, as the world's biggest games retailer GameStop has decided it won't sell the title at its stores located on US military bases. The new Medal of Honor won't be advertised at these stores either. GameStop noted that they came to this decision 'out of respect for our past and present men and women in uniform.'"
Re:Censorship? (Score:3, Informative)
Actually, this Gamespy article [gamespy.com] makes it sound like AAFES* asked Gamestop to pull the game. Logically (a dubious word to use in conjunction with military bureaucracy, but run with it a second)... Logically, that means that AAFES will pull the game from its own shelves as well.
This doesn't say anything about NEX (Naval Exchanges) and MCX (Marine Corps Exchanges), which were independent organizations last time I checked, so maybe the Sailors and Marines will be able to buy the game. And mock the Soldiers and Airmen.
*For those who haven't picked this up from context, "AAFES [wikipedia.org]" means "Army and Air Force Exchange Service".
Decision made by AAFES, not GameStop Corp. (Score:5, Informative)
TFA doesn't make this clear. Here's a better one: Video Game Pulled Globally From Military Stores Over Taliban Inclusion [kotaku.com]
Re:Censorship? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Censorship? (Score:2, Informative)
Whether you'd kick his ass or not, he says he wouldn't want to do it. Someone else might not try it specifically because you're such a Bruce "Rampage" Norris badass. Just because there's more than one reason not to do it doesn't mean he'd have to consider them all to make a decision not to.
Damn, this is supposed to be a geek site. How can you not understand:
if ( could_try_to_cut_in_line ) {
if ( is_rude_enough ) {
if ( is_not_afraid ) {
cut_in_line();
}
}
}
I mean, there's absolutely no reason to imagine what would happen if he did something if he had no desire to do it in the first place. It's like saying you don't want to be kicked in the balls because you might get mud form someone's shoe on your pants crotch. I'd say I didn't want to be kicked in the balls in the first damn place, so I wouldn't worry about the mud.
Speaking from a military view... (Score:2, Informative)