Let's ban Taliban game

Castout · 08-23-10, 12:05 AM

http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/ne...ban_video_game

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Gamers are apparently instructed to stop the coalition "at all costs", and receive points for every allied troop they kill.

Dr Fox said: "It's shocking that someone would think it acceptable to recreate the acts of the Taliban. At the hands of the Taliban, children have lost fathers and wives have lost husbands.

He's forgetting one important factor,

that people could play as the British forces too.

Let me rephrase what he said from the British forces side in MOH(no offence to British people just trying to make a point that a game is a game and should not be brought into politics or politicized)

Gamers are apparently instructed to stop the Taliban "at all costs", and receive points for every taliban they kill.

Dr xoF said: "It's shocking that someone would think it acceptable to recreate the acts of the British Forces. At the hands of the British Forces, children have lost fathers and wives have lost husbands.

And the Taliban would now ban this game too!

Tuuuuuupid is what stupid does.

Flaxpants · 08-23-10, 12:18 AM

I agree 100%. In my opinion, allowing you to play as the Taliban as well as the British shows neutrality on the part of the game producers, and frankly, more open mindedness than this 'Dr'.
Games are for fun, what they have done is remove all doubt that their game is in anyway a piece of propoganda. I think they have actually de-politicised their game by doing this. Good for them.

Fair's fair and all that.

Takeda Shingen · 08-23-10, 12:19 AM

I don't know about boycotting and whatnot, but it does seem to me that making a game when you can play as a faction such as the Taliban at this time does strike me as poor marketing decision. Maybe a better idea in 10 or 15 years, but now is too close to a lot of people's hearts.

Dowly · 08-23-10, 12:23 AM

There's plenty of games out there that have taken the basic layout from the 'war on terror', the faction just isn't called "taliban", but 'insurgents' or 'x' rebels.

Big deal, it's a game.

Didn't we have something similar about Battlefield 2, year or so ago?

TarJak · 08-23-10, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

There's plenty of games out there that have taken the basic layout from the 'war on terror', the faction just isn't called "taliban", but 'insurgents' or 'x' rebels.

Big deal, it's a game.

Didn't we have something similar about Battlefield 2, year or so ago?

and in the BF1942 mod pack as well IIRC with the Iraqi campaign.

Takeda Shingen · 08-23-10, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

There's plenty of games out there that have taken the basic layout from the 'war on terror', the faction just isn't called "taliban", but 'insurgents' or 'x' rebels.

Big deal, it's a game.

Didn't we have something similar about Battlefield 2, year or so ago?

I'm not saying that it is unacceptable; just that it is probably not a good idea now. Could you imagine a Vietnam video game being released in 1975?

TarJak · 08-23-10, 12:34 AM

No my IBM 5100 portable wouldn't run it due to an error in the basic compiler.

Seriously though the difference here is that in the 20 years of the wars in Vietnam, computer games were not really part of popular culture until the last couple of years of the conflict. This war has been going for 9 years and computer games have been there all the way through. Opportunity + time = product.

Dowly · 08-23-10, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Could you imagine a Vietnam video game being released in 1975?

Ow hell no! Who'd buy a game with the graphics of that era?! Was there even home gaming systems back then?

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Takeda Shingen · 08-23-10, 12:42 AM

You guys know what I meant.

TarJak · 08-23-10, 12:43 AM

Yeah Tak but we can't help ourselves can we?

Castout · 08-23-10, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

No my IBM 5100 portable wouldn't run it due to an error in the basic compiler.

You Sir must be bloody rich to afford one of those devil machine

Takeda Shingen · 08-23-10, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Yeah Tak but we can't help ourselves can we?

That's what I like about SubSim.

Dowly · 08-23-10, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

You guys know what I meant.

Depends. Did it include jelly wrestling?

Castout · 08-23-10, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I'm not saying that it is unacceptable; just that it is probably not a good idea now. Could you imagine a Vietnam video game being released in 1975?

Sssshh I've been wanting an Israeli-Hizbollah ArmA 2 expansion.

I hope peace would work its way out so that I can get my game

Safe-Keeper · 08-23-10, 01:20 AM

Project Reality has had both the Taliban and HAMAS as playable factions, complete with suicide bomber cars and trucks, for quite a while now. Nothing new under the sun.

08-23-10, 01:20 AM	#15
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Project Reality has had both the Taliban and HAMAS as playable factions, complete with suicide bomber cars and trucks, for quite a while now. Nothing new under the sun. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

08-23-10, 12:18 AM	#2
Flaxpants Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Koh Samui, Thailand Posts: 1,196 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	I agree 100%. In my opinion, allowing you to play as the Taliban as well as the British shows neutrality on the part of the game producers, and frankly, more open mindedness than this 'Dr'. Games are for fun, what they have done is remove all doubt that their game is in anyway a piece of propoganda. I think they have actually de-politicised their game by doing this. Good for them. Fair's fair and all that.

08-23-10, 12:19 AM	#3
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I don't know about boycotting and whatnot, but it does seem to me that making a game when you can play as a faction such as the Taliban at this time does strike me as poor marketing decision. Maybe a better idea in 10 or 15 years, but now is too close to a lot of people's hearts.

08-23-10, 12:23 AM	#4
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	There's plenty of games out there that have taken the basic layout from the 'war on terror', the faction just isn't called "taliban", but 'insurgents' or 'x' rebels. Big deal, it's a game. Didn't we have something similar about Battlefield 2, year or so ago?

08-23-10, 12:34 AM	#7
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	No my IBM 5100 portable wouldn't run it due to an error in the basic compiler. Seriously though the difference here is that in the 20 years of the wars in Vietnam, computer games were not really part of popular culture until the last couple of years of the conflict. This war has been going for 9 years and computer games have been there all the way through. Opportunity + time = product.

08-23-10, 12:42 AM	#9
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	You guys know what I meant.

08-23-10, 12:43 AM	#10
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Yeah Tak but we can't help ourselves can we?